Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

It’s Official: SecTrans Ray LaHood (NYT, WSJ, WaPo, Guardian, Progress Illinois) Streetsblog.net Reacts to LaHood Pick (Transport Politic, TOW, Philly Bike Coalition, BikePortland) MTA Approves Doomsday Budget (NYT, Post, NY1) Hit-and-Run Driver Critically Injures Woman in Bay Ridge (News) Bike Clowns Defend Turf on Kent Ave (Bklyn Paper) Marty Markowitz Stands Up for Double-Parking SUV … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:13 AM EST on December 18, 2008

It’s Official: SecTrans Ray LaHood (NYT, WSJ, WaPo, Guardian, Progress Illinois)
Streetsblog.net Reacts to LaHood Pick (Transport Politic, TOW, Philly Bike Coalition, BikePortland)
MTA Approves Doomsday Budget (NYT, Post, NY1)
Hit-and-Run Driver Critically Injures Woman in Bay Ridge (News)
Bike Clowns Defend Turf on Kent Ave (Bklyn Paper)
Marty Markowitz Stands Up for Double-Parking SUV Owner in Santa Suit (News)
NY Mag‘s Reason #3 to Love New York: Our Improving Streets and Public Spaces
Old-School Parking Meters on the Way Out in East Village (Vanishing NY)
Shoring Up Federal Transportation Funding — What Are the Options? (MTR)
The Case Against Free Transit (Cap’n Transit)

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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