Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

News Predicts $3 Base Fare If MTA Funding Remains Unchanged; Post Forecasts 30 Percent Hike Dems Pledge to Aid Detroit in Lame Duck Session; Obama Wants Auto Industry Czar (NYT, Politico) Cato Institute: Let GM Fail (News) Paterson Eying State Gas Tax Hike (Daily Politics, Post) The Frustrating History of East River Bridge Tolls (NYT) … Continued

By Ben Fried

10:04 AM EST on November 12, 2008

News Predicts $3 Base Fare If MTA Funding Remains Unchanged; Post Forecasts 30 Percent Hike
Dems Pledge to Aid Detroit in Lame Duck Session; Obama Wants Auto Industry Czar (NYT, Politico)
Cato Institute: Let GM Fail (News)
Paterson Eying State Gas Tax Hike (Daily Politics, Post)
The Frustrating History of East River Bridge Tolls (NYT)
Markowitz: Bridge Tolls ‘Impose an Unfair Tax on the Outer Boroughs’ (Real Estate Law Blog)
Oil Prices Drop Below $60/Barrel (NYT)
More Evidence That Traffic Is Not Like Water (Cap’n Transit)
European Tram Makers Jockey to Supply U.S. Cities With New Streetcars (IHT via Planetizen)
Pricetag for ARC Tunnel Climbs a Billion Dollars (Times Herald-Record)

Ben Fried

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.

Today's Headlines

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