Today’s Headlines
McCain Lays Out Energy Plan, Calls for Offshore Drilling (Boston Globe) Blumenauer: Obama Meeting Was ‘Coming of Age Moment’ for Bike Advocates (Bike Portland) Assembly Dems to Push for Windfall Profits Tax on Oil Companies (Newsday) Short on Funds, MTA Expects Not to Go Forward With Service Enhancements (News) News: Sander’s Raise Shows MTA Is … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:00 AM EDT on June 18, 2008
- McCain Lays Out Energy Plan, Calls for Offshore Drilling (Boston Globe)
- Blumenauer: Obama Meeting Was ‘Coming of Age Moment’ for Bike Advocates (Bike Portland)
- Assembly Dems to Push for Windfall Profits Tax on Oil Companies (Newsday)
- Short on Funds, MTA Expects Not to Go Forward With Service Enhancements (News)
- News: Sander’s Raise Shows MTA Is ‘Tone-Deaf’
- New York Metro Area Has America’s Worst Traffic Bottlenecks (NY1, Newsday)
- NYPD Plans Ticket Blitz on Illegal Parking and Fake Placards Today (Post)
- ‘South Bronx Initiative’ to Add Bus Service and Invest in Commercial Districts (News, Sun, Post)
- Drivers Spurning Premium Grade Gas in Favor of Regular (NYT)
- A Useful Wayfinding Poster You’ll Never See in the Subway (2nd Ave Sagas)
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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