Today’s Headlines
City Motorists Contemplate $5/Gal Gas; Many Turn to Transit (Post, News) Assembly Republican Jim Tedisco Takes Gas Tax “Fight” Online Bike-Share Coming to Convention Host Cities (USA Today) DOT Bike Coordinator Takes Questions (City Room) Staten Islanders Talk Cycling Safety (SI Advance) Vehicular Cycling Advocate Blames Lanes for Fatalities (BikePortland) Bloomberg and Schumer Spar Over … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
8:39 AM EDT on May 13, 2008
- City Motorists Contemplate $5/Gal Gas; Many Turn to Transit (Post, News)
- Assembly Republican Jim Tedisco Takes Gas Tax “Fight” Online
- Bike-Share Coming to Convention Host Cities (USA Today)
- DOT Bike Coordinator Takes Questions (City Room)
- Staten Islanders Talk Cycling Safety (SI Advance)
- Vehicular Cycling Advocate Blames Lanes for Fatalities (BikePortland)
- Bloomberg and Schumer Spar Over West Side Development (Crain’s, AMNY)
- Far Rockaway-Lower Manhattan Ferry Service Resumes (NYT, News)
- Maritime Building Ferry Terminal Features David Byrne-Designed Organ (Post)
- MTA Offers Cash to Survey Straphangers (Post)
- Web Site Helps Drivers Fight Parking Tickets (Post)
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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