Today’s Headlines
Bloomberg Tells Albany Leaders: Transit System Needs “Long-Term Solution” (Daily Politics) Malcolm Smith Wants Bloomberg to Endorse Senate Dems’ Half-Baked Plan (Politicker) Senate Unlikely to Vote on MTA Bill This Week (Newsday, WNYC) Doomsday Grows Nearer for Hundreds of Subway and Bus Workers (News, Post, NY1) What Does Arlen Specter’s Party Switch Mean for Climate … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:12 AM EDT on April 29, 2009
- Bloomberg Tells Albany Leaders: Transit System Needs “Long-Term Solution” (Daily Politics)
- Malcolm Smith Wants Bloomberg to Endorse Senate Dems’ Half-Baked Plan (Politicker)
- Senate Unlikely to Vote on MTA Bill This Week (Newsday, WNYC)
- Doomsday Grows Nearer for Hundreds of Subway and Bus Workers (News, Post, NY1)
- What Does Arlen Specter’s Party Switch Mean for Climate Legislation? (Grist)
- Oberstar: Now’s the Time to Tax Mileage (AP)
- Fuel Efficiency Won’t Help Much If Driving Doesn’t Decline (Globe)
- Ray LaHood: Car Dependence Is Bad, So Is Raising the Gas Tax (Infrastructurist)
- Street Vendors Rally at City Hall for More Licenses (City Room)
- Scofflaw ATV and Dirt Bike Riders Menace New Haven Streets (Design NH via Streetsblog.net)
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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