Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:56 AM EDT on June 14, 2011
- Spot Check: Cops and Delivery Vehicles Are NYC’s Worst Bike Lane Blockers (DNAinfo)
- City’s East River Ferry Service Debuts — Fares Come Later (Brooklyn Paper, NYT, DNAinfo, NY1)
- City Room Spent All Day on the Ferry
- Rochester Residents Tell David Gantt to Get Behind Statewide Complete Streets Law (MTR)
- Garodnick: Double Traffic Fines for E-Bikes (Post)
- After Fighting Against Congestion Pricing, Queens Civic Congress Angling for More Bus Service (News)
- Widow of Slain Sanit Worker Frank Justich Films PSA Asking Queens Drivers to Slow Down (News)
- Brooklyn Paper Turns CB10’s “General Support” for Bay Ridge Summer Streets Into a Bloodbath
- It’s Taking the MTA Forever to Get the 181st Street Station Escalators Into Good Shape (NY1)
- When Countdown Clocks Lay Bare the Secrets of the Subway (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Early Post-Weiner Horse Race: Quinn’s in the Lead for 2013 Mayoralty (Post)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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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