Today’s Headlines
Final Stim Deal: Transit Funding Disappoints; Big Boost for HSR (AP via Transport Politic) Report Documents Rampant Speeding in NYC; TA Calls on Albany, NYPD to Act (News) More on Yesterday’s Horrific Pedestrian Death (NYT) Cops Caught Driving All Over the Street in the 76th, Smashing Into Parked Cars (Gowanus Lounge) Are Model Ts in … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:07 AM EST on February 12, 2009
- Final Stim Deal: Transit Funding Disappoints; Big Boost for HSR (AP via Transport Politic)
- Report Documents Rampant Speeding in NYC; TA Calls on Albany, NYPD to Act (News)
- More on Yesterday’s Horrific Pedestrian Death (NYT)
- Cops Caught Driving All Over the Street in the 76th, Smashing Into Parked Cars (Gowanus Lounge)
- Are Model Ts in Central Park a Trojan Horse for Parking Magnate Steve Nislick? (GripeBox)
- ‘Park Smart’ Meter Pricing Coming to Park Slope (Brooklyn Paper)
- Free Transit as Economic Stimulus (MarketWatch via Yglesias)
- Ryan Avent on Neighborhood Sprawl vs. Regional Sprawl
- What Does ‘Density’ Look Like? (hugeasscity via Streetsblog.net)
- Serious Bike-Share — 75 Stations — Planned for Minneapolis (MN Daily via Grist)
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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