Today’s Headlines
City Straphangers Lead in Saving Oil (AMNY) AAA New York Tells Drivers to Take Transit (News) More States Consider Tolls as Funding Source (NYT) Congress Reviews Recommendation to Raise Gas Tax (CNN via Planetizen) Anti-Pricing Mark Weprin’s Pro-Bloomberg Earth Day Statement (Politicker) Mayor Pledges $5M for City Trees, Slams US Energy Policy (News, Sun) Curbed … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
8:36 AM EDT on April 23, 2008
- City Straphangers Lead in Saving Oil (AMNY)
- AAA New York Tells Drivers to Take Transit (News)
- More States Consider Tolls as Funding Source (NYT)
- Congress Reviews Recommendation to Raise Gas Tax (CNN via Planetizen)
- Anti-Pricing Mark Weprin’s Pro-Bloomberg Earth Day Statement (Politicker)
- Mayor Pledges $5M for City Trees, Slams US Energy Policy (News, Sun)
- Curbed Breaks Down World Trade Center PATH Station Saga
- Las Vegas to Build New Downtown Next to Its Old One (NYT)
- Los Angeles Celebrates Car-Free Wilshire Boulevard (Streetsblog LA)
- Are Hybrid Cars Too Quiet? (Wheels)
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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