Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Stimulus Draft Disappoints on Infrastructure, Especially Transit (NYT) What Queens Wants to Do With Stimulus Cash (News) Access-a-Ride Fares Would More Than Double Under MTA Austerity Plan (NYT) City Unveils Coney Island Redevelopment Plan (News) Lincoln Center’s Revamped Public Spaces Set for a Slow Reveal (Good) Carrion’s White House Role? ‘Cabinet Enforcer’ (News) News Flash: … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:04 AM EST on January 20, 2009

Stimulus Draft Disappoints on Infrastructure, Especially Transit (NYT)
What Queens Wants to Do With Stimulus Cash (News)
Access-a-Ride Fares Would More Than Double Under MTA Austerity Plan (NYT)
City Unveils Coney Island Redevelopment Plan (News)
Lincoln Center’s Revamped Public Spaces Set for a Slow Reveal (Good)
Carrion’s White House Role? ‘Cabinet Enforcer’ (News)
News Flash: Car Owners Like the Idea of Not Enforcing Parking Rules (News)
Debunking the Safety Myth of Car Travel (WalkBikeCT via Streetsblog.net)
Bike Activism and Planning Gaining Traction in Israel (Haaretz via Planetizen)
Why Cars Don’t Belong on Virginia-DC Bridges on Inauguration Day (BeyondDC)

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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