Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:02 AM EDT on July 19, 2010
- As Planning Dept Re-Evaluates Parking Policy, Garage Industry Feels “Under Attack” (WSJ)
- Ominous Signs That BP Well Cap Won’t Hold Up (NYT, News)
- Matt Harvey Follows in the Anti-Bike Troglodyte Footsteps of Steve Dunleavy (Post)
- But Wait, There’s More Bike Hate From the Editors at the Post
- The Times and the Journal Take a Look at the Next MTA Fare Hike
- Rise of the Custom Cargo Trikes (City Room)
- Are Car-Owning NYers Too Stubborn for Car-Sharing to Take Off Here? (NYT)
- Susan Dominus Wises Up to the Health Benefits of Walking + Transit (NYT)
- Dan Garodnick Is Out to Reform NYC’s Corporate Street Fair System (News)
- Building a Better Fulton Street for Tomorrow Is Squeezing Peds and Cyclists Today (Bklyn Paper)
- HUD-DOT-EPA Honchos Talk About Their Joint Sustainable Communities Initiative (CityFix)
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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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