Today’s Headlines
Senate’s ‘Outside-the-Box’ MTA Fix Will Have Agency Begging Again Within Months (NYT, News, NY1) Bronx Commuters Flocking to Transit in Ridership Boom (News) Paterson Says He Won’t Trade Member Items for Ravitch Plan Votes (Post) Water Main Break Puts Damper on South Ferry Station Opening (NYT, News, Post) Carmakers on the Dole Still Splurging on … Continued
By
Ben Fried
7:52 AM EDT on March 17, 2009
- Senate’s ‘Outside-the-Box’ MTA Fix Will Have Agency Begging Again Within Months (NYT, News, NY1)
- Bronx Commuters Flocking to Transit in Ridership Boom (News)
- Paterson Says He Won’t Trade Member Items for Ravitch Plan Votes (Post)
- Water Main Break Puts Damper on South Ferry Station Opening (NYT, News, Post)
- Carmakers on the Dole Still Splurging on DC Lobbyists (WaPo via Carfree USA)
- Why Is Wisconsin Spending Big on Road Expansion? (Political Environment via Streetsblog.net)
- Absent NYPD Enforcement, a Bunch of Clowns Crack Down on Bike Lane Blockers (Gothamist)
- News: Abolish Beeps
- Some Joker Is Hacking DOT’s Electronic Road Signs (Gothamist, Post)
- C-SPAN Has Fresh Senate Testimony on Sustainable Transport (via Grist)
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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