Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Hit-and-Run Drivers Kill Two Women in Separate Incidents Wednesday Night (News) Obama Appoints Federal Transit Administrator (TOW via Streetsblog.net) Tom Friedman Wants a National Carbon Tax Instead of Cap-and-Trade (NYT) The Economist Has Some Questions About High-Speed Rail in the U.S. Brooklyn Paper: Bay Ridge Sidewalk Parking Epidemic Due to ‘Lack of Parking’ Study: 21 … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:16 AM EDT on April 9, 2009

Hit-and-Run Drivers Kill Two Women in Separate Incidents Wednesday Night (News)
Obama Appoints Federal Transit Administrator (TOW via Streetsblog.net)
Tom Friedman Wants a National Carbon Tax Instead of Cap-and-Trade (NYT)
The Economist Has Some Questions About High-Speed Rail in the U.S.
Brooklyn Paper: Bay Ridge Sidewalk Parking Epidemic Due to ‘Lack of Parking’
Study: 21 Percent of NYC Cyclist Fatalities Linked to Alcohol (City Room)
Sprawl Development Shouldn’t Qualify as ‘Green Building’ (City of Lakes via Switchboard)
Jeff Mapes on America’s Bike Renaissance (Infrastructurist)
Beijing Extends Car Restrictions Another Year (AP via Planetizen)
MTA Gets in the Blogging Game (Metro via 2nd Ave Sagas)

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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