Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:05 AM EST on November 13, 2009
- No Mention of Separated Bus Lanes as MTA and DOT Pitch BRT to Manhattan CB1 (Downtown Exp)
- Bring on the Protected Bike Lanes for the East Side (Our Town)
- DOT Presents Package of Changes for White Plains Road to Bronx CB12 (News)
- Villager Calls for Safer Bike Lanes After Parks Truck Severely Injures Shami Chaikin in 8th Ave Lane
- MADD Puts Pressure on Shelly to Pass Leandra’s Law (News)
- To Protect Bus Drivers, NYCT Will Test Out Plastic Partitions (News)
- Manhattan CB7 Spends 35 Minutes Debating Aesthetics of Bike Racks (West Side Indy)
- Now That East River Plaza Has Landed, NYers Can Finally Buy Mayonnaise By the Gallon (NY1, Post)
- NYC Street Designs Are Getting Safer; When Will Traffic Enforcement Catch Up? (Bklyn Eagle)
- Mayor Boris Tells Cyclists to Ride Safely, Weeks After Disbanding Truck Safety Program (BikeRadar)
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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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