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 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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