Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:02 AM EST on February 15, 2011
- Parking Rules Will Be Centerpiece of Quinn’s State of the City Speech Today (NYT, Post)
- The National Progressive Media Gets the Transformation of NYC Streets Under JSK (Alternet)
- What Political Plum Will Jim Walden Get After Working Pro Bono for Chuck Schumer‘s Wife? (Bklyn Paper)
- Early Favorite for Phrase of the Decade: “Eating Our Seed Corn” (NYT)
- Is It Snow That Makes Park Slope Buses Bunch Up, or the Traffic and Fare Collection? (Bklyn Paper)
- With DMV Rule Change, Drivers Caught on Cell Phones Will Rack Up Two Points on License (Gothamist)
- Midtown Biz Owners Thrilled at Prospect of More Transit Riders Coming From Jersey (DNAInfo)
- A Trans-Hudson Tunnel Will Be Tough to Build With a Tea Party House (Crain’s)
- Biggest Challenge for Cab-Sharing Is Making It Comfortable (Crain’s)
- Brooklyn Spoke Picks Apart Adam Lisberg’s Piece on 311 and Bike Complaints
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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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