Today’s Headlines
Bush Admin May Pursue Managed Bankruptcy for Car Makers (NYT) Obama Team Rushing to Draft Stimulus Package of Up to $1 Trillion (NYT, Politico) How Does Transpo Sec Ray LaHood Play in Peoria? (Peoria Chronicle) Council Mem Jimmy Vacca: Traffic Agents Need Photo Evidence of Parking Violations (Post) DOT Defends Broadway Bus Bulbs at CB1 … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:06 AM EST on December 19, 2008
- Bush Admin May Pursue Managed Bankruptcy for Car Makers (NYT)
- Obama Team Rushing to Draft Stimulus Package of Up to $1 Trillion (NYT, Politico)
- How Does Transpo Sec Ray LaHood Play in Peoria? (Peoria Chronicle)
- Council Mem Jimmy Vacca: Traffic Agents Need Photo Evidence of Parking Violations (Post)
- DOT Defends Broadway Bus Bulbs at CB1 Meeting (Downtown Express)
- MTA Doomsday Measures Include Shuttering Some Subway Stations at Night (News)
- Countering the ‘Real Estate Critique’ of MTA Finances (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Here’s One Route Where Rail Service Is Getting Better: NYC – Atlantic City (NY1, City Room)
- The Pro-Transit Legacy of Conservative Activist Paul Weyrich (Rebuilding Place via Streetsblog.net)
- How Jan Gehl Gained a Global Following (Worldchanging)
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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