Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:10 AM EDT on April 29, 2010
- NYPD: Standing in the Way of Public Safety (News, Advance, Gothamist)
- MTA to Lay Off 750 Transit Workers — Mostly Bus Drivers (NYT, News)
- Why in God’s Name Is the TWU Still Debating Congestion Pricing? (SAS)
- DOT Installing Thousands of Pedestrian Countdown Signals After Trial Shows Safety Gains (Post)
- MTA Board Approves Revised Capital Plan; $10B Hole Hasn’t Gone Anywhere (NY1, WNYC)
- Again? Related, MTA Reach Hudson Yards Deal (AP)
- More on CB3 Member Harry Wieder (Gothamist)
- Weird Mockery of 34th Street Plans From the City Room Guys
- Fix It First: NJ and NY Drivers Need Better Road Maintenance, Not Bigger Roads (MTR)
- The Beginning of the End of Private Car Ownership? (Streetsblog SF)
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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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