Today’s Headlines
How Risky Bonds Deepened MTA’s Financial Woes (NYT) Judge Blocks City From Enacting Hybrid Taxi Requirements (City Room) Treasury Won’t Use Bailout Cash to Help GM Merge With Chrysler (NYT) Jeff Klein Maneuvers to Gain Control of Dem Caucus in State Senate (News, Post) Oberstar, Blumenauer Frontrunners for Transportation Secretary in Obama Admin (Bike Portland) … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:52 AM EST on November 3, 2008
- How Risky Bonds Deepened MTA’s Financial Woes (NYT)
- Judge Blocks City From Enacting Hybrid Taxi Requirements (City Room)
- Treasury Won’t Use Bailout Cash to Help GM Merge With Chrysler (NYT)
- Jeff Klein Maneuvers to Gain Control of Dem Caucus in State Senate (News, Post)
- Oberstar, Blumenauer Frontrunners for Transportation Secretary in Obama Admin (Bike Portland)
- Teenage Valet Killed By Driverless Minivan in Bay Ridge Parking Lot (News, Post)
- State and City Enviro Officials Cracking Down on Idling Vehicles (NY1)
- A Day of the Dead Memorial for Cyclists Killed By Auto (News)
- Complete Streets Laws Pass in New Haven and California (Design NH, CalBike)
- Today at City Hall: Public Testimony on Term Limits, Right Before Extension Becomes Law (NYT)
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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