Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:58 AM EST on December 16, 2010
- Bailed-Out Auto Companies Would Collapse Without Profits From Gas Guzzlers (NYT)
- It Won’t Take Much to Tip MTA Finances Into Disarray (NY1)
- Crosswalk Signals on the Fritz Are Sending Peds Mixed Messages (News)
- Huge LES Parking Lots May Finally Get Developed — In a Few More Years (NYT)
- Ride the City Maps Out Data From 20 Months of Online NYC Bike Trip Planning
- Walking Your Bike on the Sidewalk Is Not a Crime! (EV Grieve)
- Hey Council Mems: Float a Bill About Parking and You’ll Get Press, Guaranteed (Post)
- Would Any NYC Daily Publish an Editorial Like This? (WaPo)
- DOT Rolls Out Delivery Zones to Ease Church Ave Double Parking Woes (NY1)
- When You Search 40 Minutes For Parking, Maybe Driving Is Not the Right Mode (PS Patch)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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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