Today’s Headlines
MTA Releases Prelim Plan for Doomsday Hikes (NYT, News, Post, NY1) Harry Reid’s Home State Itching to Sink Stimulus Funds Into Highways (Las Vegas Now) Stimulus Plea From Seattle: Invest in Transit (Seattle PI) Motorcycle Riders Fight for the Right to Shatter Ears (News) The Pocketbook Argument for Going Car-Free (WSJ) Prescription for Detroit: Convert … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:02 AM EST on December 23, 2008
- MTA Releases Prelim Plan for Doomsday Hikes (NYT, News, Post, NY1)
- Harry Reid’s Home State Itching to Sink Stimulus Funds Into Highways (Las Vegas Now)
- Stimulus Plea From Seattle: Invest in Transit (Seattle PI)
- Motorcycle Riders Fight for the Right to Shatter Ears (News)
- The Pocketbook Argument for Going Car-Free (WSJ)
- Prescription for Detroit: Convert Excess Capacity to Building Wind Generation (HuffPo)
- Chicago Burbs Rail Against Freight Trains in Their Backyards (WSJ)
- WaPo Columnist Endorses Second and Third Beltways for DC (GGW via Streetsblog.net)
- Houston Buses Run Late for the Same Reason Drivers Do (CTC Houston)
- Does This Count as Cannibalism? (Forbes)
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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