Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

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 … Continued

By Ben Fried

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)

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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