Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Driver Left Van Double-Parked, in Reverse Before It Killed Kids; No Charges Filed (NYT, News, Post) Oberstar: Transit Pushed Aside for Tax Cuts in Stimulus Bill (TPM) State Senate Warms to Payroll Tax; Bridge Tolls? Not So Much (News) A Visionary Stimulus Would End Six-Lane Boondoggles, Make Cities More Walkable (Bloomberg) Atlanta Leaders Frustrated at … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:18 AM EST on January 23, 2009

Driver Left Van Double-Parked, in Reverse Before It Killed Kids; No Charges Filed (NYT, News, Post)
Oberstar: Transit Pushed Aside for Tax Cuts in Stimulus Bill (TPM)
State Senate Warms to Payroll Tax; Bridge Tolls? Not So Much (News)
A Visionary Stimulus Would End Six-Lane Boondoggles, Make Cities More Walkable (Bloomberg)
Atlanta Leaders Frustrated at Lack of Local Transit Investment (Ryan Avent)
How Do You Make St. Louis More Transit-Oriented? (Yglesias)
New York’s New Senator Is a Blue Dog U.S. Rep from Upstate (News)
Overhead Wires May Soon Be Obsolete (Transport Politic)
Wheels Pens Another Hydrogen Car Fantasy

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