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Today’s Headlines

9:12 AM EST on January 19, 2009

    • What New Yorkers Want From the Stimulus (NYT)
    • Enviro Groups: Stimulus Draft a Failure on Green Transportation (TPM)
    • Did Obama Team, Reid and Pelosi Shortchange Transit? (Grist)
    • Oberstar Pins It on Outgoing U.S. DOT Staff (Open Left)
    • Why Hire Construction Workers If You're Firing Bus Drivers? (StarTrib)
    • NYT Suggests Subsidizing Hybrid Purchases, Ignores Carbon Tax
    • Why Albany Needs Term Limits (MTR)
    • DC Mayor: Pedicabs the 'Official Vehicle' of Inauguration (AustinBikeBlog via Streetsblog.net)
    • The Inauguration as Car-Free Experiment (Obamathon Man)
    • Ride the B or Q From Brooklyn to Manhattan to See the Restored 'Masstransiscope' (NY1)

Have a good Martin Luther King Jr. Day everyone. We'll be offline the rest of today and posting lightly tomorrow.

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.

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