Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:06 AM EDT on April 5, 2011
- City May Reverse Plan to Add Bike Lanes to Greenpoint Avenue Bridge (Bklyn Paper)
- Atlantic Yards Might Just Be a Stadium + Parking Lot Forever (Post, Gothamist) …or Not (AYR)
- Florida’s Loss = New York’s Gain? Amtrak and Cuomo Apply for HSR Funds (Transpo Nation)
- Long-Time SI Advance Copy Editor Killed By Drunk Driver on Garden State Parkway
- Groundbreaking SFPark Ready for Prime Time Later This Month (SFChron)
- TWU Internal Audit Turns Up Some Fishy Car-Related Expenses (News)
- The Brooklyn Waterfront Is Booming “Like Soho on Steroids” (News)
- Jim Brennan’s PPW Survey Turns Into a Rare Pro-Bike Headline in the Post
- On Bike Lanes, Kirsten Gillibrand Is as Verbose as Chuck Schumer (Observer)
- More Legislation From David Greenfield: Surprise, It’s About Parking (News)
- The Times Prints Two Letters About Bike Lanes, and the Top One Calls for Licensing All Cyclists
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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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