Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:43 AM EDT on March 29, 2011
- Jay Walder Is Girding for TWU Contract Negotiations (Times Herald Record)
- The Jim Walden Media Tour/Smear Campaign Goes On — at No Charge to the Client (News)
- Who’s Against a Car-Free Prospect Park? (Brooklyn Paper)
- Pedestrian Suffers Serious Head Injury After Driver Strikes Her at 57th and 10th (Post)
- Bill Thompson Is Back and Sounding Wishy-Washier Than Ever About Bike Lanes (Observer)
- Friends With Parking Benefits: Kruger Wrangled Placards for His Buddies From Randy Mastro (NYT)
- Experts Discuss: Is Planned Shrinkage Good for Struggling Cities? (NYT)
- NYC’s Hybrid Taxi Plan Needs Congressional Votes and Obama’s Signature (Transpo Nation)
- Secure Bike Parking Comes to the Empire State Building (Observer)
- Bill de Blasio Launches the PLO — Parking Liberation Organization
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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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