Today’s Headlines
EPA Chief Was Pressured to Block Limits on CA Tailpipe Emissions (AP) Utah Considers Gas Tax Hike, Road Pricing to Fund Highways (Salt Lake Trib) Officials Confident MTA Will Close New Hudson Yards Deal (Sun, NYT, Post) Yet Another Times Story About the Suspension of Parking Rules in Park Slope Assemblyman Dick Gottfried Tries to … Continued
By
Ben Fried
8:59 AM EDT on May 20, 2008
- EPA Chief Was Pressured to Block Limits on CA Tailpipe Emissions (AP)
- Utah Considers Gas Tax Hike, Road Pricing to Fund Highways (Salt Lake Trib)
- Officials Confident MTA Will Close New Hudson Yards Deal (Sun, NYT, Post)
- Yet Another Times Story About the Suspension of Parking Rules in Park Slope
- Assemblyman Dick Gottfried Tries to Explain Why Pricing Never Got a Vote (Politicker)
- Sheldon Silver’s Opponents Enjoy Running Against Him (Politicker)
- State Sen. Sabini No Longer Favored by Queens Dem Establishment (NYT)
- West Village Residents React to New Gansevoort Plaza (Villager)
- More Bridge and Tunnel Bus Route Ideas from Cap’n Transit
- Seoul May Levy Fee For Driving to Certain Downtown Buildings (Korea Times)
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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