Today’s Headlines
Obama Touts Vision for American High-Speed Rail (WSJ, NYT, Infrastructurist, Yglesias) Squadron Calls for New Red Light Cams at Hazardous Intersections (NY1) Parking Meter Prices Shift Higher, to Weiner’s Chagrin (Post) EDF’s Isabelle Silverman on NYC’s Idling Crackdown (WNYC) Minnesota Highway Expansion Gets $84M in Stimulus Cash (MNDaily) Study Quantifies Huge Energy Savings of City … Continued
By
Ben Fried
8:24 AM EDT on April 17, 2009
- Obama Touts Vision for American High-Speed Rail (WSJ, NYT, Infrastructurist, Yglesias)
- Squadron Calls for New Red Light Cams at Hazardous Intersections (NY1)
- Parking Meter Prices Shift Higher, to Weiner’s Chagrin (Post)
- EDF’s Isabelle Silverman on NYC’s Idling Crackdown (WNYC)
- Minnesota Highway Expansion Gets $84M in Stimulus Cash (MNDaily)
- Study Quantifies Huge Energy Savings of City Living (Worldchanging)
- With Push from Auto Companies, Interest in ‘Eco-Driving’ Is Ramping Up (WSJ)
- Car Ownership on the Wane in Washington DC (Beyond DC)
- More Evidence That Transit Is Good for Your Health (Transit Miami via Streetsblog.net)
- MTA Launches Credit Card-Linked Metrocard (News, 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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