Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Malcolm Smith Signals State Senate’s Openness to Bridge Tolls (NYT, AP, NY1, MTR) Silver Actively Campaigning for Bridge Tolls (AP, Crain’s) Placard Abuse Still Rampant in Downtown Brooklyn, Especially Among Law Enforcement (News) Schumer Wants to Jump Start Moynihan Station With Stim Funds (NYT) North Carolina, Flush With Stim Cash, Ignores Need to Rein in … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:01 AM EST on March 2, 2009

Malcolm Smith Signals State Senate’s Openness to Bridge Tolls (NYT, AP, NY1, MTR)
Silver Actively Campaigning for Bridge Tolls (AP, Crain’s)
Placard Abuse Still Rampant in Downtown Brooklyn, Especially Among Law Enforcement (News)
Schumer Wants to Jump Start Moynihan Station With Stim Funds (NYT)
North Carolina, Flush With Stim Cash, Ignores Need to Rein in Costly Sprawl (Citiwire)
Other Broadway Plans Have Come Before, But Did They Give Surface Space to Peds? (NYT)
Developers Assisted by Carrion Showered Him With Campaign Contribs (News)
Speeding Livery Driver Seriously Injures Three in Bronx Crash, Dies from Collision (News)
Thompson, Espaillat Among Local Electeds Rallying Against Bridge Tolls (News, Post, NY1)
Hudson Valley Pols Oppose Ravitch Plan’s Payroll Tax (Journal News)
Bill Requiring Drivers to Stop for Peds Advances in IL (Carfree Chicago via Streetsblog.net)

Ben Fried

Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

Today's Headlines

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