Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:53 AM EST on December 8, 2009
- Huge Gap Opens in MTA Budget as Payroll Tax Comes Up Short (NYT, News, NY1, Post, SAS)
- Albany Messed Up Payroll Tax Projections, But Who Will the Public Blame? (SAS)
- From the Beginning, Cellular Industry Has Marketed Devices to Drivers (NYT)
- EPA Issues Final Ruling: Greenhouse Gases Can Be Regulated as a Threat to Human Health (NYT)
- The Hipster-Hasid Alliance: More on Yesterday’s Guerrilla Bike Lane Striping (News)
- Post: Unofficial Paint Job on Bedford Ave the Work of “Bicycle-Riding Vigilantes”
- TWU Elects New Leadership, Vowing Tougher Stance Than Toussaint Regime (News)
- Cargo Bike Culture Comes to America (NPR)
- Forget About Reckless Driving; NYPD Goes on Kiddie-Seat Ticket Blitz (Post)
- PLGers Ask DOT to Calm Traffic at Ocean and Parkside Intersection (Hawthorne Street)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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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