Today’s Headlines
Dem Leaders Insist on Propping Up Detroit With Bailout Funds; Obama May Agree (NYT, NYT) Al Gore Urges Obama to Speed Development of Plug-in Hybrids (NYT) Robert Reich: Ambitious Infrastructure Spending Needed to Turn Around Economy (TPM) Election Over, Pricing and East River Tolls Are Back in the Headlines (News, Post, CBS, NY1) So Are … Continued
By
Ben Fried
10:12 AM EST on November 10, 2008
- Dem Leaders Insist on Propping Up Detroit With Bailout Funds; Obama May Agree (NYT, NYT)
- Al Gore Urges Obama to Speed Development of Plug-in Hybrids (NYT)
- Robert Reich: Ambitious Infrastructure Spending Needed to Turn Around Economy (TPM)
- Election Over, Pricing and East River Tolls Are Back in the Headlines (News, Post, CBS, NY1)
- So Are Grousing Drivers and Cherry-Picked Business Owners (News, Post)
- DCP to Unveil Bike-Friendly Zoning Regs for New Buildings Today (Post)
- Bike-Share Sweeping Across Europe, Making Inroads in North America (NYT)
- Drunk Driver Crashes Into Base of Williamsburg Bridge, Injuring Two (News)
- News Covers the Rising Number of Brooklyn Bike Commuters
- AYR Breaks Down RPA’s Transpo Recommendations for Brooklyn
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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