Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Freakonomics: LA Transpo Culture Not As Bad As We Think Stimulus Compromise Would Cut Spending in Recovery Bill (NYT) Amtrak Funding Might Be on the Chopping Block (Trains for America) Lesson From Japan: Obsession With Building New Roads Weakened Stimulus (NYT) Todd Litman: Reducing Car Dependence = Smart Stimulus (Planetizen) Flower Street Wall an Example … Continued

By Damien Newton

8:51 AM PST on February 6, 2009

Freakonomics: LA Transpo Culture Not As Bad As We Think
Stimulus Compromise Would Cut Spending in Recovery Bill (NYT)
Amtrak Funding Might Be on the Chopping Block (Trains for America)
Lesson From Japan: Obsession With Building New Roads Weakened Stimulus (NYT)
Todd Litman: Reducing Car Dependence = Smart Stimulus (Planetizen)
Flower Street Wall an Example of Pedestrian Blight (Bus Bench)
GM Says Plug-in Volt Will Debut in DC Next Year (WaPo via Yglesias)
Is “Green Car” an Oxymoron? (scaledown via Streetsblog.net)
Metrolink Still Focusing on Engineer’s Cell Phone in Chatsworth Crash (Times)

Damien Newton

Today's Headlines

Streetsblog has migrated to a new comment system. New commenters can register directly in the comments section of any article. Returning commenters: your previous comments and display name have been preserved, but you'll need to reclaim your account by clicking "Forgot your password?" on the sign-in form, entering your email, and following the verification link to set a new password — this is required because passwords could not be carried over during the migration. For questions, contact tips@streetsblog.org.