Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:57 AM EST on November 19, 2010
- Bloomberg Austerity Budget Raises Parking Rates, Furloughs 600 DOT Workers (NYT, Transpo Nation)
- Ravitch Can’t Wait to Make His Transpo Funding Pitch to Cuomo (NY1)
- Surreal: Michelle Obama Tells Kids to Get Active With Morgenthau, Kelly By Her Side (Gothamist)
- More About the Subway Extension That Will Never Happen (NYT)
- Meet the Neighborhood Opposition to Cross Harbor Freight Tunnel (Queens Chron)
- Bloomberg Keeps Presidential Rumors Swirling, Comes Out for a Carbon Tax (WSJ)
- Missed Randy Cohen’s Tour-de-Force @ Streetfilms Fundraiser? Get Fantastic Recap at Brooklyn Spoke
- Cop Blocks Bike Lane Just Because It’s There (Gothamist)
- Hawthorne Street Wants a Pop-up Café for Prospect Lefferts Gardens
- Joy-Running Teens Wreak Havoc With Lincoln Tunnel Traffic (News)
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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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