Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

EPA May Regulate CO2 Before Congress Does (NYT) GM Promises This Gov’t Loan Will Be the Last It Needs (NYT) Ravitch, Sander Make Pitch for MTA Rescue Plan to State Senate Committee (NY1, Post) Speeders Abound on Avenues in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens (News) State and Local Officials Hash Out How to Spend New York’s Stim Cash … Continued

By Ben Fried

8:59 AM EST on February 19, 2009

EPA May Regulate CO2 Before Congress Does (NYT)
GM Promises This Gov’t Loan Will Be the Last It Needs (NYT)
Ravitch, Sander Make Pitch for MTA Rescue Plan to State Senate Committee (NY1, Post)
Speeders Abound on Avenues in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens (News)
State and Local Officials Hash Out How to Spend New York’s Stim Cash (AP)
Bill Thompson Launches Web Tool to Locate MTA Service Cuts (City Room)
NYC Transit Paid Out $50M in Injury Claims Last Year (News)
Study: Bike Lanes, Wide Sidewalks Better for Toronto Biz Than Parking (Spacing via Streetsblog.net)
Public Toilet Coming to Grand Army Plaza? (Brooklyn Paper)
LA Times Car Guy Doesn’t Buy Myth of Hydrogen Car (Grist)

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.

Today's Headlines

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