Today's Headlines

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

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.

Today's Headlines

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