Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

City Council Members Push to Weaken Parking Enforcement (NYT, News, Post) Vincent Gentile Is Leading the Anti-Enforcement Charge for Brooklyn’s Car Owners (News) Brooklyn DWI Arrests Increased in 2008; Parking Tickets? They Declined 8.8% (News) House Republican Leader: No Stimulus Funding for Bike Paths (BCT via Streetsblog.net) Green Stimulus Ideas: Transit Subsidies, Pay-As-You-Go Car Insurance … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:10 AM EST on January 12, 2009

City Council Members Push to Weaken Parking Enforcement (NYT, News, Post)
Vincent Gentile Is Leading the Anti-Enforcement Charge for Brooklyn’s Car Owners (News)
Brooklyn DWI Arrests Increased in 2008; Parking Tickets? They Declined 8.8% (News)
House Republican Leader: No Stimulus Funding for Bike Paths (BCT via Streetsblog.net)
Green Stimulus Ideas: Transit Subsidies, Pay-As-You-Go Car Insurance Incentives (TPM)
MTA Sustainability Report Filled With ‘Gobbledygook’ Says NYT Transit Reporter (City Room)
Petitioners Around the City Protest MTA Service Cuts (2nd Ave Sagas)
NYT Op-Ed: L.I.’s Immigrant Cyclists Are Vulnerable, That’s Just the Way It Is
City’s Parking Placard Crackdown Has Nabbed Thousands Since April (Post)
Enviros Fear Inaugural Train Trip Could Be Eco-Hazard (CNN)

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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