Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:00 AM EDT on April 30, 2010
- Pogan Verdict: Read All About It (NYT, News 1, 2, Post, WNYC, BikeRadar, DNAInfo, AP, WSJ, KCStar)
- Quinn: No Need for NYPD’s Hard Line Against Releasing Street Safety Data (Daily Politics)
- News Tears Into Legislative Leaders for Letting Transit Rot
- Transit Do-Nothing Marty Golden Holds an MTA “Town Hall” (SAS)
- Jake McDonaugh‘s Mother Calls for Bike Lane on Flatbush Avenue (Brooklyn Paper)
- Dad of Hit-and-Run Victim Scours Dyker Heights for Daughter’s Killer (News)
- Vallone Asks NYPD: Why Did Cops Swipe Bikes on Houston Street? (City Room)
- East Side Streets Coalition Gathers Ideas for Chinatown Safety Fixes (Downtown Express)
- Bloomberg Taps Former Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith to Replace Ed Skyler (Daily Politics)
- MTA’s New Three-Door Bus Spotted on 79th Street (UGS)
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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