Today’s Headlines

  • States Want to Spend Infrastructure Stimulus Mostly on Road Projects (WaPo)
  • During Economic Boom, NYC Transit Ridership Grew While Driving Stayed Flat (NYT)
  • Obama Taps Bronx Beep Adolfo Carrion, Not Bruce Katz, to Head Office of Urban Policy (Post)
  • Timing Is Great to Raise the Gas Tax and Cut Payroll Tax (Time)
  • Without Funding Fix, MTA Will Cut Staff at 150 Subway Stations (News)
  • Kheel Plan 2 Elicits Interest and Skepticism (Downtown Express)
  • Long Island Communities Getting Over Aversion to Smart Growth (NYT)
  • City Council to Pass Bill Suspending Alternate-Side Parking Rules When It Snows (News, Metro)
  • Cap’n Transit Maps City Council Districts According to Car Ownership Rates
  • NYC’s New Bike Racks Get Design Kudos From NY Mag
  • Beijing Metro Expanding at Breakneck Pace (James Fallows)