Today’s Headlines
Car Makers, UAW to Plead With Pelosi for More Government Assistance (NYT) Obama Team Considers ‘National Listening Tour’ on Energy and the Environment (Grist) More Dispatches From Tuesday’s Obama Revelry in NYC Streets (City Room, Bklyn Paper) Hoping for a New Era of Transit Investment (2nd Ave Sagas) Jeff Klein Backs Malcolm Smith to Lead … Continued
By
Ben Fried
10:15 AM EST on November 6, 2008
- Car Makers, UAW to Plead With Pelosi for More Government Assistance (NYT)
- Obama Team Considers ‘National Listening Tour’ on Energy and the Environment (Grist)
- More Dispatches From Tuesday’s Obama Revelry in NYC Streets (City Room, Bklyn Paper)
- Hoping for a New Era of Transit Investment (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Jeff Klein Backs Malcolm Smith to Lead State Senate, While GOP Tries to Keep Control (Post)
- Intrepid Investigators at CW11 Go After Parking Agents
- National Trend: Bike Racks as Public Art (USA Today Via Planetizen)
- NYT Makes Walkability a Selling Point in Real Estate Profile of NJ Town
- NJ Turnpike Widening Comes Under Fire from Transportation Planners (MTR)
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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