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There’s a $700 Million Hole in Senate Dems’ MTA Funding Plan (NYT) Smith Heads to DC to Meet With Obama and Biden, Puts MTA Action on Hold (Politicker, News) NYers Demand Action From State Senate to Save Transit (News) Bklyn Paper: No Rescue for Transit Without ‘Top-to-Bottom’ MTA Reform White House Expands Automaker Bailout With … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:10 AM EDT on March 20, 2009

There’s a $700 Million Hole in Senate Dems’ MTA Funding Plan (NYT)
Smith Heads to DC to Meet With Obama and Biden, Puts MTA Action on Hold (Politicker, News)
NYers Demand Action From State Senate to Save Transit (News)
Bklyn Paper: No Rescue for Transit Without ‘Top-to-Bottom’ MTA Reform
White House Expands Automaker Bailout With $5B for Parts Suppliers (NYT)
NYMTC: Region Has $50B in Transpo Infrastructure Needs, and $5B to Pay for It All (NY1)
Where to Find New York’s Potential Stim Projects Online (MTR)
Open Left Diarist Breaks Down the New HUD-DOT Partnership
City Rezoning Webster Ave in the Bronx for Housing and Retail (Norwood News)
Broken Sidewalk Compares Ped Crossings in Seattle, England, and Louisville (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.

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