Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Officer Patrick Pogan, Critical Mass Nemesis, Indicted on Assault Charges (News, City Room) MTA Finance Committee Approves Doomsday Budget (NY1, News, Post) U.S. DOT Asks Private Sector to Help Develop High Speed Rail Along Northeast Corridor (AP, NY1) City Relaxes Alternate Side Parking Rules for Riverdale (City Room) Haywire Walk Signals Send Peds Confusing Message … Continued

By Ben Fried

8:55 AM EST on December 16, 2008

Officer Patrick Pogan, Critical Mass Nemesis, Indicted on Assault Charges (News, City Room)
MTA Finance Committee Approves Doomsday Budget (NY1, News, Post)
U.S. DOT Asks Private Sector to Help Develop High Speed Rail Along Northeast Corridor (AP, NY1)
City Relaxes Alternate Side Parking Rules for Riverdale (City Room)
Haywire Walk Signals Send Peds Confusing Message (City Room)
Manchester Voters Say ‘Yes!’ to Traffic-Choked Streets (Guardian)
Yglesias on Stimulus: Expanding Bus Service Would Be Quick and Effective
Atlanta Columnist: Bring on the Transit Stimulus (AJC)
More Evidence That Car Dependence Is Bad for Your Health (AP)
It’s Time to Put Down Nascar (Slate)

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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