Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

House Passes Stimulus Bill in Party Line Vote (NYT) More on Nadler’s $3 Billion Transit Amendment (Daily Politics, WSJ) Why Not Double Transit Portion of Stimulus? (Philly Inquirer) Transit Agencies Slammed by Falling Revenues Need Operating Assistance (LA Times via Planetizen) John Mica (R – Florida) — More Rail-Friendly Than Larry Summers (Yglesias) What Do … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:12 AM EST on January 29, 2009

House Passes Stimulus Bill in Party Line Vote (NYT)
More on Nadler’s $3 Billion Transit Amendment (Daily Politics, WSJ)
Why Not Double Transit Portion of Stimulus? (Philly Inquirer)
Transit Agencies Slammed by Falling Revenues Need Operating Assistance (LA Times via Planetizen)
John Mica (R – Florida) — More Rail-Friendly Than Larry Summers (Yglesias)
What Do New York, Jersey, and Connecticut Have in Their Stim Wish Lists? (MTR)
City Council Approves Two Anti-Idling Measures (News, City Room)
South Ferry Station Delay Gives Media Irresistible MTA Metaphors (News, City Room, News, NY1)
Another Predictable Outcome at MTA Board’s Brooklyn Hearing (Post)
Seattle to Park Bikes Instead of Cars in Some On-Street Spots (Orphan Road via Streetsblog.net)

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.

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