Today’s Headlines

  • U.S. Automakers Shutting Down Remaining S.U.V. Plants (NYT)
  • While States Halt Road Projects and Hope for Stimulus Money (NYT, Vegas Now)
  • Convert That Automaking Capacity to Wind and Transit (Huff Post, Seattle PI)
  • Or a Full-on National Make-Over, Argues Thomas Friedman (NYT)
  • Cargo Trikes Edging Out Delivery Trucks in Cambridge, MA (CSM)
  • City Breaks Ground on a New Courthouse and 60% of This Story is About Parking
  • Dellaverson Oversees $500M Loss in MTA Pension Fund (News)
  • A Rare Snow Day Allows Seattlites to Discover the Joys of Street Life (Stranger)
  • Yassky’s Had Enough of the Vendors on Court Street (News)
  • "The Last Traffic Jam" 1972-Style (Atlantic via Kottke)
  • What Would Jane Jacobs Do With Dubai? (Metropolis via Planetizen)
  • Even Click and Clack are Pushing a Gas Tax (Hub & Spokes via Sblog.Net)