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Albany Passes an MTA Package, And It’s Smaller Than Expected (NYT, News, Post, NY1) Smart Commentary on MTA Deal From News Editorial Staff and Bill Hammond You Can Read the Full Bill Online (Politicker) Deal Merges MTA Board Chair, CEO Into One Position. Whither Sander? (NY1, News) James Oberstar Gives Preview of House Transpo Bill … Continued

By Ben Fried

8:59 AM EDT on May 7, 2009

Albany Passes an MTA Package, And It’s Smaller Than Expected (NYT, News, Post, NY1)
Smart Commentary on MTA Deal From News Editorial Staff and Bill Hammond
You Can Read the Full Bill Online (Politicker)
Deal Merges MTA Board Chair, CEO Into One Position. Whither Sander? (NY1, News)
James Oberstar Gives Preview of House Transpo Bill (Reuters via Infrastructurist)
Nine Injured in Second Crash on Midtown Movie Set; Driver Not Connected to Film (Post, AP, News)
Drunk Driver Who Killed Ysemny Ramos Blames Van, Pleads Not Guilty (News, Post)
More on Alan Gerson’s ‘Transportation Town Hall’ — the First of Many (Villager)
Brooklyn Dad Spends Night in Jail for Biking on Sidewalk (Bklyn Paper)
Brookings: Fund Transpo With VMT Tax + Congestion Pricing (Bellows 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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