Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Cartoon Tuesday

Cartoon Tuesday: Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back?

By Ben Fried | Feb 10, 2009 | No Comments

Hat tip to David Alpert for this Tom Toles toon, which nails the disconnect between the brave green world we’re supposedly entering and the dramatic cutbacks plaguing transit systems across the country. Click through for the punchline (I kind of gave it away already). Toles’ transit system, the DC Metro, is on the verge of […]

Cartoon Tuesday: Political Suicide

By Ben Fried | Feb 3, 2009 | No Comments

This word of warning from cartoonist Mike Luckovich to Republicans in Congress feels all the more timely on the heels of today’s action in the Senate. Click through for the punchline.

Cartoon Tuesday: Racing Down a Road to Nowhere?

By Ben Fried | Jan 13, 2009 | No Comments

I’m guessing the speeding metaphor in this cartoon from Gary Varvel of the Indianapolis Star (click through for Pelosi’s quote) is not intended to critique spending stimulus dollars on highway expansion. But if you stick House Appropriations Chair David Obey in the driver’s seat, it makes for a rather pointed comment on the reckless approach […]

Cartoon Tuesday: What’s Your Destination?

By Ben Fried | Jan 6, 2009 | 2 Comments

Good stuff this week from Tom Toles, whose transpo-themed editorial cartoons are always on target. Click through for the rest of this commentary.

Cartoon Tuesday: Dinosaurs

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 16, 2008 | No Comments

Marshall Ramsey of the Clarion-Ledger explores the relationship between the automobile industry and the rest of us. Click through for the punchline.

Cartoon Tuesday: Priority

By Ben Fried | Dec 9, 2008 | 3 Comments

Click through for the conclusion to this week’s toon, which comes to us from Rick Smith of Shaker Heights, Ohio. Smith’s strip, Yehuda Moon, is a serialized saga with daily entries going back to January. I’m still making my way through the storyline, but having biked the greenways of Lorain County, I had a soft […]

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