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Today’s Headlines

9:00 AM EST on February 28, 2011

    • Lazy, Dishonest Post Writers Can't Be Bothered to Check Facts or Tell the Truth About 34th Street
    • Cap'n Transit: Fight for the 34th Street Transitway
    • Transit Know-Nothing Andrea Peyser Spews More Hate at JSK and the Transitway
    • Bike Registration Idiocy Spreads to Albany: DenDekker Wants Annual Fee for Every Bike in NY State (Post)
    • LaHood: Facebook and Twitter Don't Belong on the Dashboard (NYT)
    • Afghanistan Veteran Killed By Driver After Leaving His Birthday Party in Smithtown (News)
    • One Dead, Three Injured After Driver Slams Into Utility Pole Off the Belt Parkway (News)
    • Passenger Hijacks Cab, Drives Like Maniac, Crashes Into Pole at Union Square (News, NYT)
    • Gotham Gazette Forgot to Interview Council Members Who Support Safe Streets for Biking
    • Pete Donohue Scorns MTA's Legal Challenge to TWU Raises (News)
    • Steve "The Cuozz" Cuozzo Just Plain Hates People

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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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