Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:13 AM EST on March 5, 2010
- Quote of the Week: “Transit Funding Is a Political Problem” (NYT)
- Most NYers Think State and City Should Pay for Student MetroCards (Metro via 2nd Ave Sagas)
- Pols Perform More MTA Kabuki as NYC Public Hearings Draw to a Close (NYT, News)
- Costly MTA Bus Routes Spared the Ax Because at Least Someone Is Paying for Them (AMNY)
- Facing Global Epidemic of Traffic Violence, U.N. Declares “Decade of Action for Road Safety” (CityFix)
- Remember When Closing the Times Square Bowtie Was a Big Deal? (WSJ)
- Octogenarian Ed Koch Will Take a Shot at Saving Albany (NYT)
- Queens Assemblyman and Congestion Pricing Critic Andrew Hevesi Has a Primary Challenger (News)
- Luis Santiago Named Cop-of-the-Month in the 108th for Tracking Down Hit-and-Run Killer (QGazette)
- Crosswalk Near Brooklyn Museum in Desperate Need of Safety Fix (Brownstoner)
- Cessation of Subsidies for Highway Rest Stops Sets Off Uprising in Arizona (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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