Today’s Headlines
States Want to Spend Infrastructure Stimulus Mostly on Road Projects (WaPo) During Economic Boom, NYC Transit Ridership Grew While Driving Stayed Flat (NYT) Obama Taps Bronx Beep Adolfo Carrion, Not Bruce Katz, to Head Office of Urban Policy (Post) Timing Is Great to Raise the Gas Tax and Cut Payroll Tax (Time) Without Funding Fix, … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:04 AM EST on December 15, 2008
- States Want to Spend Infrastructure Stimulus Mostly on Road Projects (WaPo)
- During Economic Boom, NYC Transit Ridership Grew While Driving Stayed Flat (NYT)
- Obama Taps Bronx Beep Adolfo Carrion, Not Bruce Katz, to Head Office of Urban Policy (Post)
- Timing Is Great to Raise the Gas Tax and Cut Payroll Tax (Time)
- Without Funding Fix, MTA Will Cut Staff at 150 Subway Stations (News)
- Kheel Plan 2 Elicits Interest and Skepticism (Downtown Express)
- Long Island Communities Getting Over Aversion to Smart Growth (NYT)
- City Council to Pass Bill Suspending Alternate-Side Parking Rules When It Snows (News, Metro)
- Cap’n Transit Maps City Council Districts According to Car Ownership Rates
- NYC’s New Bike Racks Get Design Kudos From NY Mag
- Beijing Metro Expanding at Breakneck Pace (James Fallows)
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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