Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:57 AM EST on January 24, 2011
- Markowitz Takes PPW Data Paranoia to a New Level (CBS2)
- Brooklyn Beep Wants to Spend NYPD Resources Duplicating DOT’s PPW Analysis (Patch)
- When Will Marty Admit He Was Wrong? (Naparstek, Brooklyn Spoke)
- Steely White: Eric Ulrich Doesn’t Expect Bike License Bill to Move (Gothamist)
- MTA to Consider $300K in Bus Service Cuts Across 40 Routes (Post)
- David Greenfield Comes Out With the Mother of All Insipid Parking Giveaways (News)
- SI Traffic Agent Assaulted By Snowball-Hurling Jerk (Post)
- Post Columnists Goodwin and Peyser Both Take Gratuitous Swipes at NYC Bike Policy
- The News Backs Bloomberg’s Plan to Allow Street Hails for Livery Cabs
- This Ex-Cabbie Does Not (NYT)
- What’s Taking So Long to Plow the PPW Bike Lane? (Bklyn Paper)
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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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