Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Big Service Cuts on the Table at Thursday’s MTA Board Meeting (News) Exxon Chief: Hydrocarbons Are Here to Stay (NYT) Public Isn’t Rallying Behind GM, UAW (NYT) Memo to GM: Redeem Yourself, Help Restore Transit Systems (Common Dreams) Senate Will Lose Major Pro-Transit Voice If Hillary Clinton Is Named Secretary of State (News) Bloomberg Admin … Continued

By Ben Fried

10:10 AM EST on November 18, 2008

Big Service Cuts on the Table at Thursday’s MTA Board Meeting (News)
Exxon Chief: Hydrocarbons Are Here to Stay (NYT)
Public Isn’t Rallying Behind GM, UAW (NYT)
Memo to GM: Redeem Yourself, Help Restore Transit Systems (Common Dreams)
Senate Will Lose Major Pro-Transit Voice If Hillary Clinton Is Named Secretary of State (News)
Bloomberg Admin Eager to Discuss Commuter Tax With Albany (NY1)
Rider Grades for 7 and L Lines Hold Steady (NYT, NY1)
Brooklyn Electeds in a Huff Over Two-Way Hanson Place (Bklyn Paper)
Blaming the Victim: Rise in SF Traffic Deaths Seen as Liability for Ped/Bike Activists (SF Chron)
Planet-Spanning Smog Clouds Dim the Sun Across Asia (TreeHugger)

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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