Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Oil Tops $130/Barrel for First Time; Analyst Predicts $15/Gal Gas (NY1, BMI) American Cities Pondering Car-Free Parks and Ciclovias (RedOrbit via Car-Free USA) Teachers Union Won’t Give Up Parking Placards Without a Fight (Post) More Brooklyn Nabes to See Parking Rules Suspended This Summer (News) Schumer’s Moynihan Station Plan Would Wrest Control From Silver (Sun) … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:00 AM EDT on May 22, 2008

Oil Tops $130/Barrel for First Time; Analyst Predicts $15/Gal Gas (NY1, BMI)
American Cities Pondering Car-Free Parks and Ciclovias (RedOrbit via Car-Free USA)
Teachers Union Won’t Give Up Parking Placards Without a Fight (Post)
More Brooklyn Nabes to See Parking Rules Suspended This Summer (News)
Schumer’s Moynihan Station Plan Would Wrest Control From Silver (Sun)
Richard Ravitch Tries to Save the MTA Again (Observer)
SUV Strikes Pedestrian Outside Manhattan Supreme Court (NY1)
Ped Entrance to Brooklyn Bridge Gets Better Signs (City Room)
Should Cops Keep Authority to Shut Off Subway Power? (News)
Traffic Videos From Around the World Popping Up on YouTube (LAT via Planetizen)

Ben Fried

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.

Today's Headlines

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