Today’s Headlines
Deal Reached on Stimulus; House-Senate Negotiations Imminent (NYT, HuffPo, News) Where the House and Senate Stim Bills Differ on Transit (Transport Politic via Streetsblog.net) Senate Gives Handout to Auto Industry While Shortchanging Transit (Globe) Blumenauer: Republicans Attack Bike Infrastructure at Their Own Peril (HuffPo) Recovery Plan Should Favor Transit and Mixed-Use Development (Clawback) Komanoff: Congestion … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:03 AM EST on February 9, 2009
- Deal Reached on Stimulus; House-Senate Negotiations Imminent (NYT, HuffPo, News)
- Where the House and Senate Stim Bills Differ on Transit (Transport Politic via Streetsblog.net)
- Senate Gives Handout to Auto Industry While Shortchanging Transit (Globe)
- Blumenauer: Republicans Attack Bike Infrastructure at Their Own Peril (HuffPo)
- Recovery Plan Should Favor Transit and Mixed-Use Development (Clawback)
- Komanoff: Congestion Pricing, Free Buses Could Augment Ravitch Plan (Gotham Gazette)
- Zoning Change Would Foster a More Welcoming Waterfront (News)
- Family Struck By Cars Twice in East Flatbush (News)
- DWI Cop Kills Woman and Badly Injures Man in Battery Park City (Post)
- Man on a Mission to Cover the Globe With Car Charging Stations (NYT)
- Council Member Wants to Replace Horse-Drawn Carriages With Electric Model Ts (Post)
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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