Today’s Headlines
McCain Wants to Investigate Oil Companies and Traders (Sun) Gas Hits $5/Gal at Some City Pumps (News) Fuel Prices May Put Some Car Services Out of Business (Riverdale Press) 17 Cops Will Handle Traffic For Red Hook Ikea (Brooklyn Paper) Manhattan CB1 Approves Bike Path Through City Hall Park (Tribeca Trib) Elderly Woman Hit By … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:01 AM EDT on June 13, 2008
- McCain Wants to Investigate Oil Companies and Traders (Sun)
- Gas Hits $5/Gal at Some City Pumps (News)
- Fuel Prices May Put Some Car Services Out of Business (Riverdale Press)
- 17 Cops Will Handle Traffic For Red Hook Ikea (Brooklyn Paper)
- Manhattan CB1 Approves Bike Path Through City Hall Park (Tribeca Trib)
- Elderly Woman Hit By Van Outside Woolworth Building, in Critical Condition (Post)
- State Pols Question Need for More Stadium Subsidies (NYT, Sun, News)
- MTA Has Paid Out $1.1B in Claims Since 1996, Comptroller Finds (City Room, Post)
- Gene Russianoff Answers Questions About Transit (City Room)
- Portland Cyclist Tackled and Tasered by Police (Bike Portland)
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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