Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:02 AM EDT on April 14, 2010
- Marty Markowitz and Marcia Kramer Team Up for Error-Riddled Anti-Bike Lane Screed on CBS2
- Markowitz Defends Car-Dominated Status Quo on PPW Some More (WNYC)
- Sadik-Khan Responds: “I’m Bringing Balance to the Streets” (City Room)
- Voters: Bloomberg Failing on Transit. But Are the Voters Doing Any Better? (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Military Driver Cordoning Off Streets for Nuke Summit Kills Cyclist in Central D.C. (GGW)
- The Automobile Era: Past Its Peak (Planetizen)
- DWI Mom Who Killed Leandra Rosado Asks Judge for Leniency (News)
- Service Cuts Coming Early for G Train Riders (AMNY)
- MTA Saved a Chunk of Change By Renegotiating Vendor Contracts (NYT, AMNY)
- 76th Precinct Prepares to Clip Bikes in Carroll Gardens (Bklyn Paper)
- Coney Island Bike Path Stalled Thanks to NY State Enviro Bureaucracy (Your Nabe)
- Taxi Turns Into Fireball on Ninth Ave (News)
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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