Today’s Headlines
Malcolm Smith Has the Votes to Pass Senate’s Half-Baked MTA Fix (NYT, News, Post, NY1) NYT: Albany’s Transit Plan Stinks News and Post Lay Into Paterson for Caving to Senate Dems The Governor Goes Back on His Word (Daily Politics, Politicker) Brooklyn CB7 Chair Fumes at DOT for Reducing Traffic in Prospect Park (Bklyn Paper) … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:03 AM EDT on May 5, 2009
- Malcolm Smith Has the Votes to Pass Senate’s Half-Baked MTA Fix (NYT, News, Post, NY1)
- NYT: Albany’s Transit Plan Stinks
- News and Post Lay Into Paterson for Caving to Senate Dems
- The Governor Goes Back on His Word (Daily Politics, Politicker)
- Brooklyn CB7 Chair Fumes at DOT for Reducing Traffic in Prospect Park (Bklyn Paper)
- U.S. Transportation Secretary Has Trouble Staying Awake in the Afternoon (NYT)
- Film Crew Re-Shoots Times Square Ferrari Scene After Crash Injures Two Pedestrians (Post)
- Pols Shocked — Shocked! — That City Intends to Enforce Parking Laws (Post)
- IL Sen. Wants to Boost Funding for Nation’s Biggest Transit Systems (Progressive Railroading)
- Infrastructurist Maps Out the Return of the Streetcar (via Streetsblog.net)
- Arizona Motorist Shoots and Kills Speed Cam Operator (Wheels)
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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