Today’s Headlines

  • Bleak MTA Finances Will Force Service Cuts, Fare Hikes Sooner Than Expected (NYT)
  • Highway Lobby Wants $544B in Next Federal Transpo Bill (Traffic World via Car-Free USA)
  • Fighting ‘Overdevelopment’ Is No Way to Cure Congestion (Streetsblog LA)
  • OPEC May Attempt to Prop Up Oil Prices (NYT)
  • NYC Stadium Builders Get IRS to Sign Off on Tax-Free Financing (TRE)
  • Downtown Brooklyn Boosters to MTA: Sell Building Above Jay St. Station (Bklyn Paper, Brownstoner)
  • NJDOT Helps Cities Make Safer Routes to School (MTR)
  • Transit Champion Challenging Anti-Urban Nut in Minnesota House Race (Yglesias)
  • Orange County Residents Vote Without Leaving Their Cars (Yahoo)