Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:11 AM EDT on September 24, 2010
- Transit Ridership Up for the First Time Since 2008 (Transpo Nation)
- Why Did Traffic Deaths Drop So Much Last Year? (MTR)
- Law Should Treat Texting-While-Driving Like Driving Drunk, Says Assembly Member Felix Ortiz (NY1)
- LIC Art Institutions Using Buses to Lure Visitors From Manhattan (News)
- Downtown Biz Group Rolls Out Countdown Clocks for Its Buses, Shames MTA (NY1)
- Scenes From the Fare Hike Circus in Queens (Queens Chron)
- MTA Toll Hikes Might Only Apply to Drivers Who Pay Cash (News)
- City Will Fix Sidewalks Torn Up By Tornadoes (News)
- And Apparently Some Car Owners Think the City Owes Them for Their Damaged Vehicles (City Room)
- News: No Special Treatment for DWI Jets Receiver Braylon Edwards
- Cambridge to Parking Violators: Take a Deep Breath, Salute the Sun (Boston Herald)
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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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