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 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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