Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:03 AM EST on December 9, 2009
- Daily News: NYC Transit Riders Victimized By Albany Incompetence
- MTA: Service Cuts “Are Certainly on the Table” (AMNY)
- Bedford Avenue Bike Lane: The Saga Continues (Gothamist, NY1, Post, City Room, HuffPo)
- Satmar Hasids Turn Kent Ave Protected Bike Lane Into Overflow Parking Lot (Gothamist)
- Advocates Tell LI Pols — Including Craig Johnson — Why Transit Investment Is Good (MTR)
- Bloomberg Vetoes Parking “Grace Period” — Probably an Exercise in Futility (Post, News, City Room)
- Albany: Where Ethics Go to Die (NYT, Post)
- Lots of American Cities Competing for Federal Streetcar Funds (Infrastructurist)
- Scenes From Copenhagen Climate Summit: Denver Mayor Wowed By Bicycling City (Democracy Now)
- Stunning Subway Stations From Around the World (Design Boom)
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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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