Today’s Headlines
Clinton Would Consider Gas Tax Holiday; Obama Opposes (WSJ) Bloomberg: Biofuel-Friendly Energy Bill Is a Disgrace (Sun) Roger Cohen: Blaming Biofuels Is ‘Hogwash’ (NYT) Feds Offer LA County $213M to Implement Pricing on Freeways (LAT) Times Profiles Brodsky Council Considers Bill to Change Parade Rules (Gotham Gazette) Queens Bus Riders Get Their Chance to Grade … Continued
By
Ben Fried
8:58 AM EDT on April 24, 2008
- Clinton Would Consider Gas Tax Holiday; Obama Opposes (WSJ)
- Bloomberg: Biofuel-Friendly Energy Bill Is a Disgrace (Sun)
- Roger Cohen: Blaming Biofuels Is ‘Hogwash’ (NYT)
- Feds Offer LA County $213M to Implement Pricing on Freeways (LAT)
- Times Profiles Brodsky
- Council Considers Bill to Change Parade Rules (Gotham Gazette)
- Queens Bus Riders Get Their Chance to Grade Service (NY1)
- In Newark, 50 Percent of Devils Fans Take the Train to the Game (NYT)
- Bike Theft on Earth Day (Bike Blog)
- Dutch Cyclists Request External Air Bags (Jalopnik)
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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