Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

With GM Bankruptcy Official, Obama Admin Has to Restructure the Company (NYT, WSJ, Grist) Michael Moore: Make GM a Manufacturing Powerhouse for Rail and Transit Would That Work? (Orphan Road via Streetsblog.net) For Albany’s Consideration: Bills About Complete Streets and Careless Driving (MTR) Why the Feds Should Start Funding Transit Service Again (Nat Journal) MTA … Continued

By Ben Fried

8:51 AM EDT on June 2, 2009

With GM Bankruptcy Official, Obama Admin Has to Restructure the Company (NYT, WSJ, Grist)
Michael Moore: Make GM a Manufacturing Powerhouse for Rail and Transit
Would That Work? (Orphan Road via Streetsblog.net)
For Albany’s Consideration: Bills About Complete Streets and Careless Driving (MTR)
Why the Feds Should Start Funding Transit Service Again (Nat Journal)
MTA Seems Ready to Give Bruce Ratner an Even Sweeter Deal on Atlantic Yards Site (Bklyn Paper)
Finding a Legal Parking Spot in Queens? There’s an App for That (News)
Transport Politic: MTA Shouldn’t Waste Money on Transit Link to Stewart Airport
Mall Industry Keeps Coming Up With Car-Dependent Retail Concepts (Allison Arieff)
$68M in Stim Funds Get Plowed Into Widening I-91 in the OC (Streetsblog LA)

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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