Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Analyst Predicts Oil Will Reach $200 a Barrel (NYT) Smaller Cities Across the U.S. Lose Air Service (NYT) Time to Make Passenger Rail a Campaign Issue (Boston Globe via Planetizen) Lobbyist Says Car Makers Psyched About Higher Gas Prices (Grist) Drunk Driver Gets Two Years for Killing Julia Thomson (NYT, Post, News) Struck Brooklyn 9-Year-Old … Continued

By Brad Aaron

8:47 AM EDT on May 21, 2008

Analyst Predicts Oil Will Reach $200 a Barrel (NYT)
Smaller Cities Across the U.S. Lose Air Service (NYT)
Time to Make Passenger Rail a Campaign Issue (Boston Globe via Planetizen)
Lobbyist Says Car Makers Psyched About Higher Gas Prices (Grist)
Drunk Driver Gets Two Years for Killing Julia Thomson (NYT, Post, News)
Struck Brooklyn 9-Year-Old Dies as Cops Question ID of Killer (Post)
NYT Scolds MTA for Escalator and Elevator Breakdowns
Subway Toilets Closed After Midnight (AMNY)
Bus Service Needed on Staten’s Page Avenue (SI Advance)
Community Boards Protest Budget Cuts (News)

Brad Aaron

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.

Today's Headlines

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