Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:53 AM EST on February 1, 2010
- Russianoff, Quinn: MTA Needs to Use Stim Funds to Maintain Service (News)
- Meanwhile, Stim Cash for MTA Mega-Projects Barely Trickling Out (WNYC)
- Driver, Chased By Cops, Kills Documentary Editor Karen Schmeer on UWS (NYT, ATWT)
- Elmhurst Ped Summit: Docs, Not NYPD, Doing the Detective Work on Injury Data (Queens Chron)
- Brooklyn CB18 Accepts Congestion as Fact of Life, Asks for Ped Bridge Over Flatbush Ave (Post)
- Carmakers Try to Make Crashes Less Deadly: The Sordid Details (TreeHugger)
- Electric Bikes an $11 Billion Global Industry (NYT)
- Retailers Finally Arrive at St. George Ferry Terminal, But No Mom-and-Pops (NY1)
- Ashford UK’s Award-Winning Shared Space, One Year On (How We Drive)
- One More Reason Idling Is a Bad Idea, Especially If You Drive a Patrol Car (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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