Today’s Headlines
Schumer Plugs Transit Tax Benefit, Says Nothing About Saving Service (News, 2nd Ave Sagas) David Leonhardt: Obama Infrastructure Stimulus Lacks Reformist Spirit (NYT) Oberstar and Summers Had Shouting Match Over Transit Funding (The Takeaway) New Report Touts Benefits of 42nd Street Light Rail (City Room) Electeds Shirk Responsibility for Transit Funding Woes as Brooklyn MTA … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:08 AM EST on January 28, 2009
- Schumer Plugs Transit Tax Benefit, Says Nothing About Saving Service (News, 2nd Ave Sagas)
- David Leonhardt: Obama Infrastructure Stimulus Lacks Reformist Spirit (NYT)
- Oberstar and Summers Had Shouting Match Over Transit Funding (The Takeaway)
- New Report Touts Benefits of 42nd Street Light Rail (City Room)
- Electeds Shirk Responsibility for Transit Funding Woes as Brooklyn MTA Hearing Looms (News)
- Subways Getting Consistent C’s from Rider Report Cards (City Room)
- Construction Glitch Sets Back South Ferry Station Opening a Few Weeks (News)
- Arizona Sheriff Wants to Turn Light Rail Line Into Prison Transport (ABC Phoenix)
- California Laws Not Strong Enough to Deter Traffic Violence (Streetsblog SF)
- Jimmy Carter, 84, Loves to Ride His Bike (Reno Rambler 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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