Today’s Headlines
Paterson, Silver, and Liz Krueger Reject Senate Dems’ MTA Plan (NYT, News, Post) News, Post Hammer Malcolm Smith and Fare Hike Four Nicole Gelinas Calls Their Proposal a ‘Phony Fix’ (Post) Jim Dwyer and Bill Hammond Think Smith Has to Woo GOP Senators to Rescue MTA (NYT, News) Sander Reportedly on the Way Out as … Continued
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Ben Fried
7:59 AM EDT on March 18, 2009
- Paterson, Silver, and Liz Krueger Reject Senate Dems’ MTA Plan (NYT, News, Post)
- News, Post Hammer Malcolm Smith and Fare Hike Four
- Nicole Gelinas Calls Their Proposal a ‘Phony Fix’ (Post)
- Jim Dwyer and Bill Hammond Think Smith Has to Woo GOP Senators to Rescue MTA (NYT, News)
- Sander Reportedly on the Way Out as MTA Chief; Marc Shaw Next in Line (Post)
- NY1 Asks Straphangers What They Think of MTA Rescue Options
- Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6 on Schedule to Open This Year (Curbed, Post)
- DC Building a ‘Bicycle Transit Center’ at Union Station (DC Examiner via Streetsblog.net)
- LA Adding Hundreds of Bike Racks and Lockers at Metro Stations (Streetsblog LA)
- How Much Do Bicycles-Only Households Save Compared to Car Owners? (Wheels)
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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