Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:09 AM EDT on April 1, 2010
- Jesse Jackson, Charlie Rangel Lead Rally for More Federal Transit Funding (NY1)
- Hey WFP — How About an Online Petition to Albany About Bus Cams? (News, NY1)
- Downtown Brooklyn BID Sets Sights on Parking Lot-to-Playground Conversion (News)
- This Year’s Int’l Auto Show All About Green Patina, “Apps,” and as Usual, Shininess (NY1)
- Bronx Doctors Sue to Head Off Stim-Funded Parking Structure at St. Barnabas (NYT)
- Bloomie Budget Cuts Community Board Funding By a Third (News)
- Cops Barely Use Their Free MetroCards (AMNY)
- NYPD Axe-Grinding Against Bikes Pays Off for City Again (City Room)
- SF Film Society Gives Props to Clarence and the Streetfilms Crew (SF360)
- LaHood Recalls Dangerous Arterial Roadways (PPS)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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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