Today’s Headlines

  • Hit-and-Run Drivers Kill Two Women in Separate Incidents Wednesday Night (News)
  • Obama Appoints Federal Transit Administrator (TOW via Streetsblog.net)
  • Tom Friedman Wants a National Carbon Tax Instead of Cap-and-Trade (NYT)
  • The Economist Has Some Questions About High-Speed Rail in the U.S.
  • Brooklyn Paper: Bay Ridge Sidewalk Parking Epidemic Due to ‘Lack of Parking’
  • Study: 21 Percent of NYC Cyclist Fatalities Linked to Alcohol (City Room)
  • Sprawl Development Shouldn’t Qualify as ‘Green Building’ (City of Lakes via Switchboard)
  • Jeff Mapes on America’s Bike Renaissance (Infrastructurist)
  • Beijing Extends Car Restrictions Another Year (AP via Planetizen)
  • MTA Gets in the Blogging Game (Metro via 2nd Ave Sagas)