Today’s Headlines
Global Car Sales May ‘Collapse’ Next Year (Reuters) Shares of Auto Makers Take Huge Hit (NYT) Financial Crisis Piles on to MTA Debt Woes (News) Cyclists: Safety at Risk From Patrol Cars Blocking Queensborough Bridge Bike Path (News) Ratner, Atlantic Yards Backers Funneled $680K to Markowitz Non-Profits (Post) Silver Insists on Flying from New York … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:00 AM EDT on October 10, 2008
- Global Car Sales May ‘Collapse’ Next Year (Reuters)
- Shares of Auto Makers Take Huge Hit (NYT)
- Financial Crisis Piles on to MTA Debt Woes (News)
- Cyclists: Safety at Risk From Patrol Cars Blocking Queensborough Bridge Bike Path (News)
- Ratner, Atlantic Yards Backers Funneled $680K to Markowitz Non-Profits (Post)
- Silver Insists on Flying from New York to Albany (News)
- Preservation Group Wants to Landmark Stretch of West End Ave (City Room)
- NJ Turnpike Authority to Vote on Toll Hike Today (AP)
- Bike Commute Benefit Wasn’t Enough to Win Blumenauer’s Support for Bailout (NYT)
- Kids Pedal to Tompkins Square Park in Art Bike Parade (Villager)
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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