Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:00 AM EDT on September 15, 2009
- Today Is Primary Day in NYC. Vote! (NYT, City Room)
- NYT: America Needs a National Anti-Texting Law
- Transit Advocates Optimistic About Green Transpo Funding in Senate Climate Bill (Politico)
- John McCain’s Idea of Wasteful Pork: All Forms of Efficient Transportation (Streetsblog Cap Hill)
- Pedro Espada’s Idea of Tasty Pork: A New Parking Garage for His Bronx District (NYT)
- How Does Your Commute Shape Your View of the City? (WNYC)
- Arbitrator Undercuts NYCT Cost-Saving in Queens (News)
- Rare Sight: Murder Trial for Killing With a Vehicle Is Underway in Manhattan (Post)
- Biking to School Now an Act of Civil Disobedience (Saratogian)
- Anticipation Building for David Byrne’s “Bicycle Diaries” (Reno Rambler 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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