Today's Headlines

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

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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