Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:04 AM EST on February 18, 2010
- Brodsky and NYC Assembly Mems Shirk All Responsibility for Funding Student Metrocards (News)
- De Blasio Mobilizing Parents to Call Albany Pols and Demand Restoration of Student Fares (MTR)
- More Coverage of the Child Pedestrian Death in Borough Park Yesterday (News, Post)
- Tom Vanderbilt: Making Toyotas Safer Is Easy; Making Safer Drivers Is the Tough Part (Slate)
- When Will Doomsday Arrive for Cul-de-Sacs and Their Staggering Costs? (TreeHugger)
- Another TIGER Winner: Philly’s Section of the East Coast Greenway (ECGA)
- And Two Others That Missed Out: DC Transitway, Bike-Share Expansion (GGW)
- North America’s Biggest Year-Round Bike-Share Debuts in Mexico City (Bike-Sharing Blog)
- The Good News: USDOT, HUD, EPA Are Aligning; The Bad News: Congress (Citiwire)
- Now That’s How to Embarrass Pedro Espada (Gothamist)
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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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