Today’s Headlines
Rep. DeFazio: Obama Advisor Larry Summers Behind Shrinking Transit Stimulus (Think Progress) Mothers of Preschoolers Killed in Chinatown Van Crash Demand Justice (News) Memorial for Young Victims Grows on East Broadway (NYT) One Week After Handling Record Ridership, DC Metro Faces Steep Service Cuts (DC Examiner) NYC’s Parking Placard Crackdown, One Year On (Gotham Gazette) … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:06 AM EST on January 26, 2009
- Rep. DeFazio: Obama Advisor Larry Summers Behind Shrinking Transit Stimulus (Think Progress)
- Mothers of Preschoolers Killed in Chinatown Van Crash Demand Justice (News)
- Memorial for Young Victims Grows on East Broadway (NYT)
- One Week After Handling Record Ridership, DC Metro Faces Steep Service Cuts (DC Examiner)
- NYC’s Parking Placard Crackdown, One Year On (Gotham Gazette)
- Local Pols Still Have Plenty of Reserved On-Street Spaces (News)
- Cabbies Debate Merits of Taxi-Sharing (NYT)
- MTA Looking at Cashless Tolls for All of Its Crossings (NY1)
- Portland’s Bike-Friendly Mayor Will Stay On After Sex-and-Lies Revelations (NYT)
- More States May Adopt Idaho’s ‘Rolling Stop’ Bicycle Law (WashCycle via Streetsblog.net)
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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