Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Washington Needs to Ramp Up Federal Funding for New York’s Transit System (DMI Blog) Staten Island Pols: No Need for Bike Lanes Here (SI Live) Bronx Straphangers Get an Express 4 Train (News, Post, NY1) Todd Litman: Propping Up the Auto Industry Is Bad Economic Policy (Planetizen) Atlantic Yards Will Be a Money-Sucking Boondoggle, According … Continued

By Ben Fried

8:59 AM EDT on June 4, 2009

Washington Needs to Ramp Up Federal Funding for New York’s Transit System (DMI Blog)
Staten Island Pols: No Need for Bike Lanes Here (SI Live)
Bronx Straphangers Get an Express 4 Train (News, Post, NY1)
Todd Litman: Propping Up the Auto Industry Is Bad Economic Policy (Planetizen)
Atlantic Yards Will Be a Money-Sucking Boondoggle, According to New IBO Report (News)
Report: MTA Should Team Up With Developers on TOD (MTR)
Houston’s Light Rail System Is Spurring Progress on Ped-Friendly Streets (Houston Chron)
Here’s One Example of How Parking Requirements Make Housing More Expensive (SF TOD)
Bike in Style: See Winning Entries in Design Comp for Bike Clothing and Accessories (Runway)
Chuck Schumer, City Cyclist? (DC Examiner)

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.

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