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 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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