Today’s Headlines
More on Lee Sander’s Departure From MTA Top Job (NYT, News, Post, NY1) Paterson Basks in Glow of Doomsday Aversion (NY1) DC Planning Dept Proposes Off-Street Parking Maximums for Downtown (GGW) British Study Shows Safety in Numbers Effect for Cyclists (Guardian) Public Advo Candidate Norman Siegel: Bicycling Smart for NYC (Chelsea Now) Second Avenue Subway … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:09 AM EDT on May 8, 2009
- More on Lee Sander’s Departure From MTA Top Job (NYT, News, Post, NY1)
- Paterson Basks in Glow of Doomsday Aversion (NY1)
- DC Planning Dept Proposes Off-Street Parking Maximums for Downtown (GGW)
- British Study Shows Safety in Numbers Effect for Cyclists (Guardian)
- Public Advo Candidate Norman Siegel: Bicycling Smart for NYC (Chelsea Now)
- Second Avenue Subway Gets $79M in Stimulus Cash (AMNY)
- New York Slow to Spend Out Its Transportation Stim Funds (MTR)
- ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Ain’t Green (Grist)
- Feds Stop Funding Fuel Cell Car Research (NYT)
- Seattle Releases a Pedestrian Master Plan (Seattle Transit Blog via Streetsblog.net)
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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