Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:02 AM EST on January 11, 2011
- De Blasio Attacks Wal-Mart, Wants to Restrict Big Boxes in NYC (News)
- City Planning Car-Centric Mess, With or Without Wal-Mart, at Southern Brooklyn Site (Bklyn Paper)
- Charles Barron Works in Some Bike Lane Bashing at Blizzard Response Hearing (NYT)
- 79-Year-Old Driver Kills 71-Year-Old Pedestrian in Bronx; Post Headline: “Car Kills Man”
- Drunk Driver Who Killed Ysemny Ramos Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison (Post)
- John Petro Surveys the Year Ahead for Transit Riders and the MTA (HuffPo)
- Cuomo Holds His First Three-Men-in-a-Room Session (News, City Room)
- NYC-to-Albany Scores Surprisingly High in Ranking of Potential HSR Routes (Transpo Nation)
- Are London Streets Safe Enough to Meet the City’s Bike-Share Targets? (Economist)
- Writers in Miami and Chicago Clobber NYC Pundits When It Comes to Livable Streets Commentary
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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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