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Thursday’s Headlines: Duff Man Enters
The new federal Transportation Secretary's first official act aimed to rollback emissions standards. Plus more news.
Larry Penner, Federal Transit Official and Letter Writer, is Dead
The former federal transit official, who had a second career as one of the most prolific writers of letters to the editors of scores of area newspapers, died on Thursday.
Who is Trump’s Would-Be US DOT Secretary Sean Duffy?
Former Fox News host, congressman, reality TV star and competitive lumberjack Sean Duffy has said he wants to "take an ax" to Washington. Will non-automotive modes get the chop, too?
Reconnecting Communities: So Are We There Yet?
Advocates warn: to reconnect communities, you have to listen to them.
Huge Grant: Feds Send City $12M to Improve Post-Crash Analyses
Advocates have been seeking this for years: a single repository where the disparate findings from multiple agencies about road crashes will be stored and analyzed.
Federal Judge Sets Aside a Key Congestion Pricing Lawsuit
Gov. Hochul's rationale for killing congestion pricing took another blow on Thursday as a federal judge dismissed one of the major lawsuits against it.
‘Irresponsible, Destructive’: Hochul’s Congestion Pricing Flip Harms Working New Yorkers, Ritchie Torres Says
"The delay of congestion pricing is not only bad morals and bad economics, it's bad politics," Torres told Streetsblog.
Biden Administration to Let Hochul Dictate Congestion Pricing Next Steps, FHWA Says
President Biden may be providing legal cover for Gov. Hochul to avoid a lawsuit over her decision to scrub congestion pricing.
Hochul’s Bid to Stop Congestion Pricing Might Be Illegal
But she may be off the hook because the feds have still not undertaken what would have been the final bureaucratic step.
