Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

In Some Cities, Stimulus for Transit Service Comes Too Late (NYT) Will the MTA Shift Any Stim Cash to Operations? (News) Post Covers Next Round of BRT Roll-out SI Pols to DOT: We Don’t Want a Median Busway on Hylan Boulevard (SI Live) MTA Buys 90 Low-Floor, Three-Door Articulated Buses for BRT Service (MTR, 2nd … Continued

By Ben Fried

8:53 AM EDT on June 17, 2009

In Some Cities, Stimulus for Transit Service Comes Too Late (NYT)
Will the MTA Shift Any Stim Cash to Operations? (News)
Post Covers Next Round of BRT Roll-out
SI Pols to DOT: We Don’t Want a Median Busway on Hylan Boulevard (SI Live)
MTA Buys 90 Low-Floor, Three-Door Articulated Buses for BRT Service (MTR, 2nd Ave Sagas)
Gas Prices Have Gone Up 49 Days in a Row (AP)
Americans Sticking With Transit Despite Wave of Service Cuts and Fare Hikes (T4America)
Autos Cause 43% of Fatal Injuries to NYC Kids; Poor Families, People of Color Affected Most (News)
Bronx Beep: Don’t Cut Community Board Funding (News)
Boston Mayoral Challenger Campaigning on Transportation Reform Agenda (Yglesias)

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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