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 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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