Today’s Headlines
More on Release of Draft Stimulus Bill — Transportation Gets Less Than Expected (WSJ, WSJ) The Whole Shebang Is Available Online (Transport Politic via Streetsblog.net) Smaller Transpo Stimulus Means Fewer Highway Expansions (Politico) What We Need From Ray LaHood (Worldchanging) Feds Approve ARC Commuter Rail Tunnel (MTR, NY1) GM Already Thinking Ahead to the Next … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:12 AM EST on January 16, 2009
- More on Release of Draft Stimulus Bill — Transportation Gets Less Than Expected (WSJ, WSJ)
- The Whole Shebang Is Available Online (Transport Politic via Streetsblog.net)
- Smaller Transpo Stimulus Means Fewer Highway Expansions (Politico)
- What We Need From Ray LaHood (Worldchanging)
- Feds Approve ARC Commuter Rail Tunnel (MTR, NY1)
- GM Already Thinking Ahead to the Next Bailout (NYT)
- Straphangers Stage Mock Funeral for Z Train (NY1, Cap’n Transit, 2nd Ave Sagas)
- Road Raging LA Doc Hit With 7 Counts; Trial Won’t Start Til Next March (Streetsblog LA)
- A Prescription for More Sustainable Suburbs (Grist)
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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