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 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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