Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:52 AM EST on March 2, 2010
- Paterson Digs in to Finish Term, Handle State Budget Business (NY1, News, NYT)
- The MTA Hearing Circus Comes to Town Tonight (News)
- Post Picks Up on the Big Savings for State and City From Student MetroCards
- Judge Rules ESDC Can Seize Properties in Atlantic Yards Footprint (Bklyn Paper, AYR, News, Post)
- Why Has the Carlton Ave Bridge Closure Lasted So Long? (AYR)
- Too Many Curb Cuts, Too Many Cars in Woodhaven (News)
- Clive Thompson: We Don’t Have a Txting Problem; We Have a Driving Problem (Wired via HWD)
- British Govt: More Car Ownership, Less Walking and Biking Big Factors Behind Rising Obesity (BBC)
- Obama Ditches Motorcade for a Cardio-Healthy Walk (AP)
- Subway Phobe Not Running for Senate (NYT)
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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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