Today’s Headlines
Paterson Calls Republican Senators in Renewed Push for Ravitch Plan (News) Can Bloomberg Win Senate GOP Support for MTA Rescue? (NYT) Latest MTA Plan from Senate Dems: Fund Transit With Soda Tax (Post) Fare Hike Four Ringleader Carl Kruger: Don’t Call Me a Villain (NY1) Driver Jumps Curb, Kills Pedestrian on Cross Bay Blvd (News) … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:00 AM EDT on April 20, 2009
- Paterson Calls Republican Senators in Renewed Push for Ravitch Plan (News)
- Can Bloomberg Win Senate GOP Support for MTA Rescue? (NYT)
- Latest MTA Plan from Senate Dems: Fund Transit With Soda Tax (Post)
- Fare Hike Four Ringleader Carl Kruger: Don’t Call Me a Villain (NY1)
- Driver Jumps Curb, Kills Pedestrian on Cross Bay Blvd (News)
- Deliveryman Killed in Hit-and-Run on Jamaica Ave (News)
- Tension Between Sidewalks and Street Trees (NYT)
- Bike Snob Ponders the Increasing Bike-Friendliness of NYC
- Study: Bike Helmet Laws Do More Harm Than Good (M-Bike via Streetsblog.net)
- Annals of Parking Permits: How Bruce Ratner Got His (AYR)
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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