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Doomsday Approaches: MTA Finance Committee Approves Fare Hike (NYT, News, NBC, Post, NY1) EPA Prepares to Regulate Greenhouse Gases (NYT) Driving Declined in January for 14th Straight Month (Infrastructurist) World’s Cheapest Car Goes on Sale in India; Maker Eyes U.S. Market (NYT, Reuters) Scenes From the Statehouse on the Eve of MTA Deadline (Politicker) City … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:02 AM EDT on March 24, 2009

Doomsday Approaches: MTA Finance Committee Approves Fare Hike (NYT, News, NBC, Post, NY1)
EPA Prepares to Regulate Greenhouse Gases (NYT)
Driving Declined in January for 14th Straight Month (Infrastructurist)
World’s Cheapest Car Goes on Sale in India; Maker Eyes U.S. Market (NYT, Reuters)
Scenes From the Statehouse on the Eve of MTA Deadline (Politicker)
City Room Asks Readers How They’ll Cope With Higher Fares
Newsday Tells Paterson to Give Up on Ravitch Plan… Because of the Payroll Tax
Pataki-Era Borrowing Binge Set Up MTA’s Current Debt Bomb (2nd Ave Sagas)
Pedestrians and Cyclists Contest Leftover Space on Pulaski Bridge (News)
Ikea Shuttle Buses Rack Up Safety Violations (News)
Why Don’t Papers Describe Traffic Deaths Like Other Killings? (GGW 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.

Today's Headlines

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