Today’s Headlines
Progress on MTA Rescue: Senate Warms to Tolls in Return for Transparency Measures (News) How State Legislators Make Decisions That Affect New York City (Gotham Gazette) LA #1, New York #2 on List of America’s Most Congested Cities (Forbes via Planetizen) Weekend Subway Service May Not Get Cut After All (NY1) Who Wants to Succeed … Continued
By
Ben Fried
8:58 AM EST on March 5, 2009
- Progress on MTA Rescue: Senate Warms to Tolls in Return for Transparency Measures (News)
- How State Legislators Make Decisions That Affect New York City (Gotham Gazette)
- LA #1, New York #2 on List of America’s Most Congested Cities (Forbes via Planetizen)
- Weekend Subway Service May Not Get Cut After All (NY1)
- Who Wants to Succeed Morgenthau as Manhattan DA? (Room 8)
- A GM Town Recovers Without GM Jobs (NYT)
- The Trains in Spain Go Faster Than the Planes (NPR)
- For Congestion Reduction, a Small Drop in Driving Goes a Long Way (Yglesias)
- Edmonton Considers $100M, 10-Year Bike Plan (Hub and Spokes via Streetsblog.net)
- CA Legislator Proposes Statewide Parking Reform (Streetsblog LA)
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.
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