Today’s Headlines
States Enacting ‘Holidays’ on Their Own (NYT) An Economist Speaks In Favor of Gas Tax Holiday, Sort Of (NYT) State Senate Votes to Suspend Gas Tax; Paterson Not on Board (Post) Bloomberg: Parking Placards Should Not Be Perks (News) Counterfeit Placards Rampant in Downtown Brooklyn (News) It’s Official: Bike Month Is Here (Bike Snob) LA … Continued
By
Ben Fried
8:59 AM EDT on May 8, 2008
- States Enacting ‘Holidays’ on Their Own (NYT)
- An Economist Speaks In Favor of Gas Tax Holiday, Sort Of (NYT)
- State Senate Votes to Suspend Gas Tax; Paterson Not on Board (Post)
- Bloomberg: Parking Placards Should Not Be Perks (News)
- Counterfeit Placards Rampant in Downtown Brooklyn (News)
- It’s Official: Bike Month Is Here (Bike Snob)
- LA Times Surveys State of NYC Cycling
- 5-Year-Old Passenger in Critical Condition After Car Crash (Post)
- Bedbugs Sighted in the Subway (Post)
- Traffic Piles Up in Northern Virginia Suburbs (WaPo)
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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