Today’s Headlines

By Elana Schor
Apr 7, 2010

Exxon’s total U.S. income-tax bill for 2009: $0 (Forbes)

Obama’s economic advisers mount a new defense of "cash for clunkers" program (White House Blog)

D.C.’s proposed streetcar could be sidelined by resistance from locals, the National Park Service to overhead electrical wires (WashPost)

Matt Taibbi on how interest-rate swaps helped doom one Alabama county (Rolling Stone)

Toyota weighing a legal challenge to its $16m fine from the U.S. DOT, at the risk of more bad publicity (AP)

Felix Salmon: Fannie Mae’s new national housing survey reveals some puzzling truths about Americans’ attitude towards homeownership versus renting

Urban planner Chris Leinberger believes 70 percent of coming demand for denser, mixed-use development will come from the suburbs, not major cities (TNR’s The Avenue)

Utah gets its first BRT network (SL Tribune)

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Thursday’s Headlines Want Better Transit

By Blake Aued | Sep 29, 2022

The U.S. continues to lag behind other countries both in terms of its overall transit system and individual projects, which are costlier and take longer here.

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By Tom Flood | Sep 28, 2022

The Charger Daytona SRT Banshee is being pitched as a big, fat thumb in the eye of "authority." Well, authority needs to stick a thumb back.

Photo: Erica Fischer, CC

Advocates Hope D.C.’s Proposed Right-On-Red Ban Will Inspire National Reform

By Kea Wilson | Sep 28, 2022

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Photo: Richard Masoner/Flickr

Wednesday’s Headlines Had to Regulate

By Blake Aued | Sep 28, 2022

NACTO is not falling for that old "my car broke down" line. Plus, range anxiety is illogical, and Florida is starting to prepare for Hurricane Ian.

What US Cities Can Learn from the Bikeways of Paris

By Streetsblog | Sep 27, 2022

People have been visiting Paris for centuries for the food, the wine, the museums, the cheese and even the snails, but when New Yorkers head to the City of Light these days, all they see are the bike lanes.