Today’s Headlines
The Feds Are Running Out of Money to Invest in Transportation, Again (NYT, WSJ) Mike Lupica Thinks Pedestrian Broadway Is Just a Bloomberg Vanity Project (News) NYers, Tourists Can’t Get Enough of the Times Square Chair Scene (NYT) Where Should BRT Roll Out in Queens? (News) Bronx Student Is Dead After Being Struck By Hit-and-Run … Continued
By
Ben Fried
8:35 AM EDT on June 8, 2009
- The Feds Are Running Out of Money to Invest in Transportation, Again (NYT, WSJ)
- Mike Lupica Thinks Pedestrian Broadway Is Just a Bloomberg Vanity Project (News)
- NYers, Tourists Can’t Get Enough of the Times Square Chair Scene (NYT)
- Where Should BRT Roll Out in Queens? (News)
- Bronx Student Is Dead After Being Struck By Hit-and-Run Driver and Drunk Driver (News)
- There’s a Push in Congress to Make Stimulus Funds Available for Transit Service (Yglesias)
- Groundbreaking on ARC Tunnel Happening Today (NYT, WNYC)
- Brooklyn Man Spends Night in the Tombs for Biking on Sidewalk (Gothamist)
- A Sad Tale of NYC Bus System Dysfunction (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Work Rules Let Some LIRR Maintenance Staff Collect Huge Overtime Payments (Post)
- Is There Anything ‘Urban’ About These 3-Car Garage Monster Homes Coming to the Bronx? (NYT)
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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