Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Congress Gives Oil Execs a Tongue Lashing Over Fuel Prices (NYT) $4/Gal Gas Weakens Ford and American Auto Industry (NYT) Rep. James Oberstar Tweaks Federal Transit Funding Formula (GGW) Bloomberg: Growth in Ridership May Be More Than Transit System Can Handle (AMNY) Double-Decker Buses Coming Back to Fifth Avenue (AMNY, Post, NYT) G Train Riders … Continued

By Ben Fried

8:58 AM EDT on May 23, 2008

Congress Gives Oil Execs a Tongue Lashing Over Fuel Prices (NYT)
$4/Gal Gas Weakens Ford and American Auto Industry (NYT)
Rep. James Oberstar Tweaks Federal Transit Funding Formula (GGW)
Bloomberg: Growth in Ridership May Be More Than Transit System Can Handle (AMNY)
Double-Decker Buses Coming Back to Fifth Avenue (AMNY, Post, NYT)
G Train Riders Ask for Better Service (NYT)
MTA Board Approves Hudson Yards Deal (News, NYT)
Nassau Exec Suozzi Vows to Crack Down on DWI (News)
Why Sidewalk Water Fountains Would Work in NYC (NYT)
Brooklyn Bridge, 125 Years Old, May Become More Transit-Oriented (News, NY1)

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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