Today’s Headlines
Four More Years for Bloomberg? (NYT, News, Post) State Panel Will Look at Privatizing Assets, Including Bridges, to Boost Revenue (NYT) Ten Finalists Announced in NYC Bike Rack Competition (NY1, News, City Room, Post) Momentum Grows for Bikes in Buildings Bill (News) Can NJ Turnpike Tolls Fund the ARC Tunnel? (MTR) Feds Direct $30 Million … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:00 AM EDT on October 1, 2008
- Four More Years for Bloomberg? (NYT, News, Post)
- State Panel Will Look at Privatizing Assets, Including Bridges, to Boost Revenue (NYT)
- Ten Finalists Announced in NYC Bike Rack Competition (NY1, News, City Room, Post)
- Momentum Grows for Bikes in Buildings Bill (News)
- Can NJ Turnpike Tolls Fund the ARC Tunnel? (MTR)
- Feds Direct $30 Million to 15 Rail Projects (AP)
- Brooklyn Judges Relinquish Some of Their Parking Spots in Columbus Park (Bklyn Eagle)
- Driver Abandons Car on Metro-North Tracks, Blames His GPS (AP)
- News Slams Sheldon Silver’s Wasteful Commute
- ‘Stereo Bikes’ Too Noisy for Some Queens Residents (Gothamist)
Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.
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