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 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)

Mark Walker

Jan Gehl: “Cultures and climates differ all over the world, but people are the same. They will gather in public if you give them a good place to do it.”

In my observation, this is correct. Perhaps the problem for most Americans is that you have to see it to believe it, and most haven’t seen it.
J. Mork

This is pretty nifty, in the bus bulbs story:

Albert Capsouto, co-chairperson of the committee, replied, “They’re trying to make it so difficult that no one wants to drive Downtown.”

[Luis] Sanchez [Lower Manhattan borough commissioner for the city Department of Transportation] did not disagree.

“If you provide the road, they will come,” he said. “We wanted to take the road away so that they wouldn’t come. We wanted to keep Broadway as free-flowing as possible.”
Justin Eichenlaub

Listening to Obama’s announcement of LaHood. Beyond supporting mass transit and highway investment, major changes to our landscape, he has also helped beautify our landscape– for bikers and runners. … ((paraphrased))

Um, well you know.