Today’s Headlines
Obama Outlines Vast Public Works Program (NYT, Politico) Too Much ‘Roads and Bridges’ Talk in Infrastructure Address (Cap’n Transit, Overhead Wire) Streetsblog.net Has More Reactions Big Three Bailout/Restructuring Gains Momentum in DC (NYT, CBS) What Has to Happen to Toll East and Harlem River Bridges? (NYT) Thompson Bashes Bridge Tolls, Says Bloomberg Should Take a … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:03 AM EST on December 8, 2008
- Obama Outlines Vast Public Works Program (NYT, Politico)
- Too Much ‘Roads and Bridges’ Talk in Infrastructure Address (Cap’n Transit, Overhead Wire)
- Streetsblog.net Has More Reactions
- Big Three Bailout/Restructuring Gains Momentum in DC (NYT, CBS)
- What Has to Happen to Toll East and Harlem River Bridges? (NYT)
- Thompson Bashes Bridge Tolls, Says Bloomberg Should Take a Stronger Stand (Post)
- Ravitch Responds to Pols Who Attacked MTA Rescue Plan (News)
- Bloomberg Tells MTA Board Reps to Hold Down Express Bus Fare (News)
- Joyriding SI Teens Wreck Car, Show Off Injuries on MySpace (SI Live)
- NJ Town Charges Drivers for Costs Associated With Car Crashes (AP)
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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