Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Exxon: America’s Thirst for Gasoline Has Peaked (WSJ) Tax Revenues for MTA Continue to Plummet (NY1) Advocates Take Transit Rescue Campaign to State Senators’ Home Districts (News, Post) DOT to Close Two Prospect Park Car Exits (Bklyn Paper) Believe It or Not, Internal Affairs’ Parking Unit Unpopular With Rest of NYPD (News) Car-Free Streets Coming … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:16 AM EDT on April 15, 2009

Exxon: America’s Thirst for Gasoline Has Peaked (WSJ)
Tax Revenues for MTA Continue to Plummet (NY1)
Advocates Take Transit Rescue Campaign to State Senators’ Home Districts (News, Post)
DOT to Close Two Prospect Park Car Exits (Bklyn Paper)
Believe It or Not, Internal Affairs’ Parking Unit Unpopular With Rest of NYPD (News)
Car-Free Streets Coming Back This Summer (News)
The Bike Commute Benefit: At Least It’s a Good Symbol (City Room)
Midwest Govs Ask for $3.5B in High-Speed Rail Stim Funds (Transport Politic via Streetsblog.net)
Tufts Researchers Study Health Risks of Living Near Freeways (Globe via Planetizen)
LA Mulls Privatization of Street Parking (Streetsblog LA)

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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