Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:07 AM EDT on May 12, 2010
- MTA Lays Off 250 Station Agents (News, NY1, AMNY)
- Walder Makes the Case for Revising Work Rules to News Editorial Board
- TWU Inflates Rat Outside Walder’s Apartment Building (AMNY)
- CNN Fills Out the “Bikes vs. Cars” Story Template
- Everyone Can Agree That Woodhaven Boulevard Is a Nightmare to Cross (Queens Chron)
- Endangered Bus Stop Sighting: The B71 (FiPS)
- Positive Press for East Side SBS in the Downtown Express
- Cameras That Prevent Crashes: Bad; Cams That Help Motorists After Crashes: Good (SPTimes)
- Next-Gen Transit Tech: Subway Platform Displays Show How Crowded Each Car Is (Gizmodo)
- San Francisco at a Tipping Point for Livable Streets (SFBG)
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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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