Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Paterson Pushes for Transit Armageddon: No Funding for MTA Capital Plan (NYT, News, NY1) Two Senate Dem Holdouts Accept Paterson’s Deal (News) Two Others Not on Board (News) Shelly: “We Should Wait a Few Years” to Fund Big Transit Projects (Post) Next for Kent Ave: One-Way Flow With Protected Bike Path? (Bklyn Paper, Gothamist) DOT’s … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:01 AM EDT on May 4, 2009

Paterson Pushes for Transit Armageddon: No Funding for MTA Capital Plan (NYT, News, NY1 )
Two Senate Dem Holdouts Accept Paterson’s Deal (News)
Two Others Not on Board (News)
Shelly: “We Should Wait a Few Years” to Fund Big Transit Projects (Post)
Next for Kent Ave: One-Way Flow With Protected Bike Path? (Bklyn Paper, Gothamist)
DOT’s ‘Park Smart’ Pilot Program Coming to Park Slope Main Drags (Bklyn Paper)
Not Many Drunk Drivers Get Jail Time in Pedestrian-Packed New York City (Post)
Police Cruiser on 911 Call Hits, Injures Pedestrian in Queens (News)
WaPo Reports on NYC Ped/Bike Progress
Tango Gives PUMA a Run for Its Money (RT Rider 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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