Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:07 AM EST on November 12, 2009
- City Council’s Shot Across Bloomberg’s Bow: Parking Enforcement Not Acceptable (Post)
- Shelly Silver Won’t Even Pass Tougher Penalties for Driving Drunk With Kids (Observer, Post, News)
- Bus Driver Gets Slap on the Wrist From NYPD for Killing Seth Kahn (News)
- Canal Street Sidewalk Crash That Injured 10 Blamed on Brake Failure (Post)
- Meet Developers Who Get It: You Don’t Need Parking in Transit-Rich Neighborhoods (Streetsblog SF)
- Karrie Jacobs: Re-Use the Interstate System for Rail and Electricity Transmission (NYT)
- State DOT: We Won’t Expand Deegan If It’s Not Wanted (Mott Haven Herald)
- Contender for TWU Leadership Sounds “Ready to Rumble” (News)
- Tour Bus Traffic on the Rise in Older NYC Nabes (AMNY)
- Next Tuesday at BAM: “Biking Rules” PSAs on the Big Screen (Bklyn Paper, Gothamist)
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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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