Today’s Headlines
High Gas Prices Lead More Commuters to Opt for Transit and Biking (NYT, AP) Krugman: There Is No ‘Oil Bubble’ NYT: Time to Rethink Ethanol Transit Improvements, 1,400 Parking Spots to Accompany Red Hook IKEA (Post) Viability of Rockaway Ferry Service Far From Certain (News) Hudson Yards Negotiation May Resume (Crain’s, Sun) Hit-and-Run Drag Racer … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:00 AM EDT on May 12, 2008
- High Gas Prices Lead More Commuters to Opt for Transit and Biking (NYT, AP)
- Krugman: There Is No ‘Oil Bubble’
- NYT: Time to Rethink Ethanol
- Transit Improvements, 1,400 Parking Spots to Accompany Red Hook IKEA (Post)
- Viability of Rockaway Ferry Service Far From Certain (News)
- Hudson Yards Negotiation May Resume (Crain’s, Sun)
- Hit-and-Run Drag Racer Turns Himself In (News)
- Bills Would Lower Community Board Voting Age to 16 (NYT)
- Newark Looks to Transit to Spur Revitalization (MTR)
- SF Plans Car-Free Boulevards, Bike Path on Market Street (SF Chron)
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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