Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:02 AM EDT on May 10, 2011
- Reverse Backlash: Bklyn CB10’s Pro-Bike Faction Votes for Sharrows on Bay Ridge Parkway (Bklyn Paper)
- 300 Free Parking Spaces Disappear in Park Slope, and the Universe Doesn’t Collapse (FiPS)
- There Seems to Be Agreement on How Cops Should Exercise “Discretion” in Central Park (Transpo Nation)
- More From Yesterday’s Big HSR Presser at Penn Station (City Room, DNAInfo, MTR, Transpo Nation)
- Security Theater for Rail? No Thanks, Senator Schumer (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Let’s See If NYC Can Have a Serious Discussion About Adopting an “Idaho Stop” Law (Gothamist)
- Inside Andrew Cuomo’s Suburban Routine (WSJ)
- Scheduling Deliveries for Off-Peak Hours: More Feasible Than Many Businesses Let On (MTR)
- Downtowners Want City to Let Them Cross West Street at Grade Near WTC (DNAInfo)
- Sunday Is the Grand Opening in Brooklyn for Streetsblog Sponsor Bike Habitat (Brownstoner)
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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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