Skip to Content
Streetsblog New York City home
Log In
Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

9:01 AM EST on December 22, 2008

    • Parsing Obama's LaHood Roll-out: Good Signs for Transit; Bad Omens for Bikes (GGW, Yglesias)
    • Does LaHood as Transpo Sec Give James Oberstar More Juice? (WSJ)
    • It's Highway Lobby vs. Green Transpo Advocates as Stimulus Bill Takes Shape (Globe)
    • Why Cities Should Invest in BRT (Natl Journal)
    • Obama on Carmaker Bailout: 'A Necessary Step' (Politico)
    • Neal Peirce: Best Trend of 2008 -- Public Spaces Matter Again (Citiwire)
    • Council Member James Vacca Pushes Bill to Require Photo Evidence of Parking Violations (NYT)
    • Bloomberg Talks MTA Finance in Weekly Address (NY1)
    • Wonkster Tries to Measure Whether Bus Bulbs Have Made Broadway Buses Faster
    • How to Get Better Bike-Ped Info Included in Navigable Maps (On Two Wheels via Streetsblog.net)

Stay in touch

Sign up for our free newsletter

More from Streetsblog New York City

Wednesday’s Headlines: Another Big Day at City Hall Edition

Today is going to be another busy day for the livable streets crowd. So get ready with today's headlines.

December 6, 2023

Reporter’s Notebook: Will Eric Adams Ever Publicly Embrace Congestion Pricing?

The governor, the head of the MTA and the city's leading transit thinkers all celebrated congestion pricing on Tuesday as an historic moment while Mayor Adams spent Tuesday failing to live up to it.

December 6, 2023

Tuesday’s Headlines: Gridlock Alert — And Gridlock Abort — Day Edition

A "Gridlock Alert" day is a perfect day for supporters of congestion pricing to rally in Union Square! Plus other news.

December 5, 2023

‘Crazy Nonsense’: City Now Allows (Cough) Plateless Vehicles to (Cough) Break Idling Law

City environmental protection officials are now refusing to punish owners of commercial vehicles for idling if the trucks don't have license plates — a move that has enraged citizen enforcers.

December 5, 2023
See all posts