Today’s Headlines
Walder: Next Fare Hike Coming in January 2011; Expect a Big One (News, SAS) City Renews Push for 10th Ave Station on 7 Line Extension (Post, NY1) Are We on the Path to Building “Bicycle Highways”? (Slate) Department of Health: NYC Kids Are Safer Thanks to Transit (Transpo Nation) Downtown Express: Waiting Longer for the … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:08 AM EDT on July 1, 2010
- Walder: Next Fare Hike Coming in January 2011; Expect a Big One (News, SAS)
- City Renews Push for 10th Ave Station on 7 Line Extension (Post, NY1)
- Are We on the Path to Building “Bicycle Highways”? (Slate)
- Department of Health: NYC Kids Are Safer Thanks to Transit (Transpo Nation)
- Downtown Express: Waiting Longer for the Bus? Blame Albany
- Ben Kabak: Bill to Prevent MTA Layoffs Isn’t About Safety
- When Ground Zero Memorial Opens, Where Will All the Tour Buses Go? (AMNY)
- Neil DeMause Breaks Down Dep. Mayor Stephen Goldsmith’s Record on Privatization (City Limits)
- To Reduce Danger at Brooklyn Bridge Park Entrance, Signs Are Coming (Bklyn Paper, Post)
- MTA Contractor Pleads Guilty to Underpaying Workers (NYT)
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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