Today’s Headlines
After MTA Board Meeting, Chair Says Situation Is Dire and Deadline Is Real (City Room, Politicker) Post: Paterson Plans to Get Votes for MTA Rescue via Member Items Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Queens Mother Near Her Home in Flushing (News) BikePortland Reports From Day of Bike Advocacy on Capitol Hill Next Federal Transpo Bill Will Be … Continued
By
Ben Fried
8:03 AM EDT on March 16, 2009
- After MTA Board Meeting, Chair Says Situation Is Dire and Deadline Is Real (City Room, Politicker)
- Post: Paterson Plans to Get Votes for MTA Rescue via Member Items
- Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Queens Mother Near Her Home in Flushing (News)
- BikePortland Reports From Day of Bike Advocacy on Capitol Hill
- Next Federal Transpo Bill Will Be Called ‘CLEAN-TEA’ (KC Light Rail via Streetsblog.net)
- Asphalt Industry Looking for Its Piece of Stimulus Pie (NYT)
- Should NYC Do Away With Borough Presidents? (News)
- Ethics Panel Says Pols Can Drive Their Govt Cars Wherever They Want (Post)
- NY Waterways Ferry Co. on Verge of Bankruptcy (Crain’s)
- New South Ferry Subway Station Opens Today (NY1)
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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