Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:01 AM EST on December 4, 2009
- Stripped of $140M, MTA Intends to Make Cuts Instead of Raising Fares (City Room, NY1, WNYC)
- LI State Sen. to MTA: Don’t Expect Albany to Help Pay to Improve Transit (AMNY, News)
- Brooklyn Paper, in Its Roundabout Way, Condemns Removal of Bedford Ave Bike Lane
- Car Insurance Getting Cheaper for NYers, If They Register in NY State (News)
- Queens Dollar Vans Want Permission to Drive on Bus Routes (Queens Chron)
- More Coverage of Health Benefits of Walking and Biking in NYC (SI Advance)
- Battery Bikeway Construction Begins in June (Downtown Express)
- Roadify Has Competition: Another Entry in the On-Street Parking Mobile App Market (City Room)
- Someone Figured How to Really Milk NYC’s Curbside Real Estate Giveaway (Chelsea Now)
- Making a Mountain Out of a Median Planter in Manhattan Beach (News)
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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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