Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:59 AM EDT on July 30, 2009
- MTA: Fare Hike Unlikely in 2010, But That Could Change (AP, NYT, 2nd Ave Sagas, Post, AMNY)
- More Press for Yesterday’s Bike Access Bill Vote (City Room, Brooklyn Paper, Gothamist, Voice)
- Senators Seek National Incentives to Outlaw Texting While Driving (NYT, Streetsblog Cap Hill)
- Jay Walder’s Compensation Package Already Making Headlines (News)
- City Council Passes Pedicab Licensing Rules (City Room, Post)
- MTR and AMNY Cover Yesterday’s Q Poll on Times Square and Transit
- Downtown BID Wants to Turn Two Lanes of Edgar Street Into Pedestrian Space (Downtown Express)
- Ed Glaeser to Perform Cost-Benefit Analysis of HSR. Will He Do One for Highway Expansion Too?
- Drivers Sound Off on Other Drivers to SI Advance
- The Idaho Stop: Safer for Cyclists (Wash Cycle via Streetsblog.net)
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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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