Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:36 AM EST on November 19, 2009
- 2010 MTA Budget, Balanced on a Pin, Contains No Fare Hikes or Service Cuts (NY1, News, Post)
- To Create More Jobs, Pass a Jobs Bill That Funds Transit Service (MTR)
- Paterson Signs Leandra’s Law, Requiring Ignition Interlocks After First DWI Offense (NY1)
- Suburban NY Legislators Plan to Intro Bill Mandating 3-Foot Buffer for Driving Past Cyclists (LoHud)
- Judge Sentences Killer Truck Driver Auvryn Scarlett to 20 Years-to-Life (News)
- NY1 Covers East Side BRT Plans, With Pic of New 3-Door MTA Bus
- Intercity Bus Service: Recession-Proof (Globe)
- Be on the Alert for Roadify Marketers Prowling the Sidewalk (News)
- Who Knew? Safe Driving Is One of Bloomberg-the-Philanthropist’s Causes (News)
- What a Campus Full of Bike Riding Students Looks Like to an Aging NYT Pontificator
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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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