Today’s Headlines
Car Sales Hit 25-Year Low in October (NYT) Bloomberg Signs Term Limits Extension Into Law (NYT, News, Post) Forest Hills Man Demands More Speed Bumps After Car Injures His Mother (News) When Will Oil Production Peak? Within 10 Years, Say Most Geologists (Grist) Shippers Rediscover Erie Canal as Trucking Costs Rise (NYT) Dean Skelos Doesn’t … Continued
By
Ben Fried
10:09 AM EST on November 4, 2008
- Car Sales Hit 25-Year Low in October (NYT)
- Bloomberg Signs Term Limits Extension Into Law (NYT, News, Post)
- Forest Hills Man Demands More Speed Bumps After Car Injures His Mother (News)
- When Will Oil Production Peak? Within 10 Years, Say Most Geologists (Grist)
- Shippers Rediscover Erie Canal as Trucking Costs Rise (NYT)
- Dean Skelos Doesn’t Return TSTC’s Transpo Questionnaire; Challenger Roy Simon Does (MTR)
- Will More Bikes on the Road Weaken Stereotypes About Cyclists? (Switchboard)
- Bike Advocate at Odds With BRT Plans in San Francisco (SF Bike Blog)
- Halloween on the Subway (SubwayBlogger)
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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