Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:01 AM EDT on March 31, 2010
- Drill, Barack, Drill? POTUS to Propose Offshore Oil Exploration in Bid for Climate Bill Support (NYT)
- Shocker: Mall-ification Causing Traffic Havoc in Queens (News)
- Marty Golden, Silent on Bridge Tolls, Drones on About MTA Service Cuts (Bklyn Eagle)
- ROTFLMAO: MTA Rejects WFP Subway Ads Targeting Bloomberg (News)
- Brian Ketcham: EDC Hasn’t Done Any Area-Wide Planning for Willets Point Mega-Project (News)
- To Be Resilient, Cities Should Focus on Reducing Car Dependence (Switchboard)
- Mark Your Calendars: Bike Snob to Star at TA Bike Culture Panel, May 6 (City Room)
- Cost of NYPD’s Critical Mass Misconduct Piles Up (City Room)
- Ben Kabak on the Unlimited Ride MetroCard Revolution
- Can Congestion Pricing Make Commuting Better Than Sex? (Yglesias)
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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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