Today’s Headlines
Voters Approved $75B for Local Transit Initiatives on Tuesday (APTA) Oil Prices Poised to Rebound, Says International Energy Agency (Grist) Latest Biofuel Craze: Tree Fungus From Patagonian Rainforest (Guardian via Planetizen) Transit-Friendly Republican Paul Weyrich for Transpo Secretary? (Yglesias) Child Struck by Car at Busy S.I. Intersection This Morning (S.I. Live) Bronx CB8 Votes Against … Continued
By
Ben Fried
10:09 AM EST on November 7, 2008
- Voters Approved $75B for Local Transit Initiatives on Tuesday (APTA)
- Oil Prices Poised to Rebound, Says International Energy Agency (Grist)
- Latest Biofuel Craze: Tree Fungus From Patagonian Rainforest (Guardian via Planetizen)
- Transit-Friendly Republican Paul Weyrich for Transpo Secretary? (Yglesias)
- Child Struck by Car at Busy S.I. Intersection This Morning (S.I. Live)
- Bronx CB8 Votes Against Developer’s Request to Build Extra Parking (R’dale Press)
- Plans Advance for NYU Bike-Share (AMNY)
- MTA: Subway Delay Text Alerts Available This Month (Queens Courier)
- Berlin Transit Agency Claims Exclusive Rights to Its Maps and Timetables (Wired)
- Speaking at Columbia, Dan Doctoroff Predicts Return of Congestion Pricing (TRE)
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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