Today’s Headlines
Climate Bill Voted Down (Grist, Carbon Tax Blog) High Price of Oil-Based Asphalt Delays Paving Projects (USA Today) Rural Areas Reeling From High Fuel Prices (NYT) Daily News Blasts MTA Bigs, State Pols Over Prospect of Another Fare Hike Power Outage Snags Brooklyn Subways (Sun, AMNY) Q & A With Former Bogotá Mayor Enrique Peñalosa … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:07 AM EDT on June 9, 2008
- Climate Bill Voted Down (Grist, Carbon Tax Blog)
- High Price of Oil-Based Asphalt Delays Paving Projects (USA Today)
- Rural Areas Reeling From High Fuel Prices (NYT)
- Daily News Blasts MTA Bigs, State Pols Over Prospect of Another Fare Hike
- Power Outage Snags Brooklyn Subways (Sun, AMNY)
- Q & A With Former Bogotá Mayor Enrique Peñalosa (NYT Magazine)
- Planners Want to Create Downtown Life on Long Island (NYT)
- Rockland County Company Encourages Cycling to Work (Journal News)
- Finalists Selected for West Side Boulevard Project (Post)
- City Talks Up New BRT Route at Bronx Community Boards (MTR)
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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