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

By Ben Fried

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.

Today's Headlines