Today's Headlines

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

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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