Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:16 AM EST on March 10, 2011
- Transit Enemy Carl Kruger Will Leave Albany in Handcuffs; Lipsky Snared Too (NYT, Post, News, AP)
- At Bike Summit, JSK Is the Big Draw (NYT, Transpo Nation)
- Brad Lander and “Pro Bono” Anti-Bike Lane Attorney Jim Walden Square Off on NY1
- John Cassidy Upbraided By Salmon, Klein, Adam Sternbergh, The Economist, Gothamist, Bike Snob
- …Then Gets a Few More Words in About “The Bike Lobby” (New Yorker)
- Suing the City Over a Bike Lane: Backwards, Excessive, Vicious (News)
- Adam Lisberg’s Dispatch From Yesterday’s JSK Thank-You Could Have Used a Better Photo (News)
- Draft Proposal From EDC Leads to Knee-Jerk DOT Bashing in Brooklyn Heights (Bklyn Paper)
- How About a Red Light-Running Crackdown to Go With TLC’s Stricter Stance on Refusing Fares? (News)
- Fire Truck Responding to Burning Car Collides With Van, Killing One Passenger (City Room, News, Post)
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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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