Today’s Headlines
MTA Budget Hole Bigger Than Expected, Second Round of Cuts on the Horizon (NYT, News, Post) State DOT Commish Astrid Glynn Resigns Her Post (Daily Politics, Times Union, WNYC) Obama Boasts of 2,000 Stim-Funded Transportation Projects (WaPo) TLC Mulls Split Fares, Cellphone-Blocking, and Other Tech for Cabs (Post, News) Study Feeds Safety Fears of Small … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:10 AM EDT on April 14, 2009
- MTA Budget Hole Bigger Than Expected, Second Round of Cuts on the Horizon (NYT, News, Post)
- State DOT Commish Astrid Glynn Resigns Her Post (Daily Politics, Times Union, WNYC)
- Obama Boasts of 2,000 Stim-Funded Transportation Projects (WaPo)
- TLC Mulls Split Fares, Cellphone-Blocking, and Other Tech for Cabs (Post, News)
- Study Feeds Safety Fears of Small Cars (WSJ)
- Ex-Rep Fossella Gets 5 Days for Drunk Driving (NYT, Bklyn Paper)
- NY Mag Diagrams Assorted MTA Funding Scenarios
- Readers Respond to Chelsea Now Hit Job on 8th Ave Bike Lane
- What Makes People Afraid of Urbanism? (TOW via Streetsblog.net)
- Detroit Pols Want to Tear Down Historic Michigan Central Station (Infrastructurist)
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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