Today’s Headlines
Cycling Up 143 Percent in New York City Since 2000 (Post) Chrysler, GM to Close Thousands of Dealerships (NYT) Brian Lehrer Interviews Outgoing MTA Chief Lee Sander (WNYC) Long Fight Over MTA Funding Left NYC Transit With a Bus Driver Shortage (AMNY) Burning Over MTA Payroll Tax, State Sen. Andrew Lanza Wants SI to Secede … Continued
By
Ben Fried
8:01 AM EDT on May 15, 2009
- Cycling Up 143 Percent in New York City Since 2000 (Post)
- Chrysler, GM to Close Thousands of Dealerships (NYT)
- Brian Lehrer Interviews Outgoing MTA Chief Lee Sander (WNYC)
- Long Fight Over MTA Funding Left NYC Transit With a Bus Driver Shortage (AMNY)
- Burning Over MTA Payroll Tax, State Sen. Andrew Lanza Wants SI to Secede from NYC (SI Live)
- More LaHood: ARC Tunnel Will Get Big Funding Commitment From Feds (Observer)
- DOT Has a Small Pot of Money to Study Brooklyn Streetcar Network (Transport Politic)
- Parking Requirements Discourage Density in Austin (Austin Contrarian via Streetsblog.net)
- Today Is National Bike to Work Day (AMNY)
- SF Does BTWD a Day Early, Draws Record Crowds (Streetsblog SF)
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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