Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:56 AM EDT on October 26, 2010
- NJ Still Waiting on an ARC Decision From Christie (Transpo Nation)
- The Eighth Ave Bike Lane Got Extended 11 Blocks, and Now the Sky Is Falling (DNAInfo)
- It’s Been a Long Time Since the State DOT Announced New Bike-Ped Funding (MTR)
- Yassky: TLC’s Commuter Van Program a Flop (Brooklyn Paper)
- What Should the MTA Do to Help Merchants in 2nd Ave Construction Zone? (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Denis Hamill Lays Into MTA’s “Ivory Tower Bean Counters” for Cutting Access-a-Ride Costs (News)
- MTA Has to Shore Up Dozens of Structurally Unsound Buildings Along SAS Route (Post)
- Cap’n Transit Weighs in on Dukakis Center’s TOD Report
- To the Frustration of Would-Be Parkers, the UES Is Full of Unofficial Pick-up/Drop-off Zones (NYT)
- Off-Street Parking Reformers in Boston Are Leaps and Bounds Ahead of NYC Planners (Globe)
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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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