Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

GM, Once the World’s Biggest Automaker, Files for Chapter 11 (NYT, NYT) PJ O’Rourke Pines for Days When Driving Made Him Feel More Powerful Than Genghis Khan (WSJ) What Will Happen to America’s Appetite for New Cars? (NYT) In Times Op-Ed, Sander Calls Out Albany for “Running Against the MTA” 2nd Ave Sagas: Transit Advos … Continued

By Ben Fried

8:21 AM EDT on June 1, 2009

GM, Once the World’s Biggest Automaker, Files for Chapter 11 (NYT, NYT)
PJ O’Rourke Pines for Days When Driving Made Him Feel More Powerful Than Genghis Khan (WSJ)
What Will Happen to America’s Appetite for New Cars? (NYT)
In Times Op-Ed, Sander Calls Out Albany for “Running Against the MTA”
2nd Ave Sagas: Transit Advos Should Rally Around Sander’s Ouster
News Wants to Judge Car-Free Broadway By Measuring Traffic on Manhattan Avenues
David Byrne Reviews Jeff Mapes’ Pedaling Revolution for the Times
DOT’s Having a Tough Time Finalizing Spots for Public Toilets (Post)
It’s Cheaper to Cross the Queensboro Bridge Today Than It Was 100 Years Ago (News)
Highways From Hell: Louisville’s Proposed Spaghetti Junction (The Urbanophile via Streetsblog.net)

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.

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