Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Tom Friedman: Hoping for a Free Iran? Raise the Gas Tax (NYT) Safety Officials Try to Pinpoint Causes of Fatal Washington Metro Crash (NYT, AP) Investigators Must Address the Lack of Investment in DC Transit (WaPo via 2nd Ave Sagas) U.S. Transit Agencies Still Desperate to Plug Budget Gaps and Maintain Service (Salon) PA Cops … Continued

By Ben Fried

8:56 AM EDT on June 24, 2009

Tom Friedman: Hoping for a Free Iran? Raise the Gas Tax (NYT)
Safety Officials Try to Pinpoint Causes of Fatal Washington Metro Crash (NYT, AP)
Investigators Must Address the Lack of Investment in DC Transit (WaPo via 2nd Ave Sagas)
U.S. Transit Agencies Still Desperate to Plug Budget Gaps and Maintain Service (Salon)
PA Cops Chase Van 7 Miles for Making an Unauthorized Livery Pickup at JFK (Post, News)
North Flatbush BID Wants to Expand Sidewalks and Calm Traffic on Side Streets (Bklyn Paper)
NYers Will Have to Wait Longer for Weekend Trains This Summer (News)
Corporate Naming Rights for Subway Stations — Wave of the Future? (NYT)
DOT Signs Scold Peds at Jam-Packed Intersection of 14th and First (On Transport)
Bike Trips Now More Common Than Car Trips in Amsterdam (Hard Drive 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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