Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

India, Malaysia Latest Asian Countries to Raise Fuel Prices (NYT) Freight Rail Network Facing Its Own Congestion Woes (AP) MTA to Explore Potential Revenues From Carbon-Trading Market (Newsday) Elderly Queens Woman Struck and Killed on Boulevard of Death (News) DOT Plans to Simplify Dangerous Downtown Brooklyn Intersection (Bklyn Paper) David Gantt Under Fire for Lobbyist … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:00 AM EDT on June 5, 2008

India, Malaysia Latest Asian Countries to Raise Fuel Prices (NYT)
Freight Rail Network Facing Its Own Congestion Woes (AP)
MTA to Explore Potential Revenues From Carbon-Trading Market (Newsday)
Elderly Queens Woman Struck and Killed on Boulevard of Death (News)
DOT Plans to Simplify Dangerous Downtown Brooklyn Intersection (Bklyn Paper)
David Gantt Under Fire for Lobbyist Ties (Democrat and Chronicle)
Melbourne Cyclists Push for Protected Bike Lanes (Bicycle Victoria)
Triborough Bridge to Be Renamed in Honor of RFK (Post)
Matthew Yglesias: Sadik-Khan for U.S. Transpo Secretary
A Snapshot of Manhattan Gas Prices (Bike Blog)

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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