Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:58 AM EDT on June 17, 2011
- Hit-and-Run SUV Driver Kills 91-Year-Old Man in Sheepshead Bay (News, Post)
- Ridership Up, Travel Times Down on East Side Select Bus Service Route (DNAinfo)
- DOT Looking Into RPP, Which Needs Albany Support, to Help Manage Atlantic Yards Traffic (NY1)
- Daily News Thanks JSK for Stopping Livery Cab Stands, Still Owes an Apology for Anti-Bike Nonsense
- East River Ferries Got 12,000 Riders Over Two Days of Free Service (DNAinfo)
- Nicole Gelinas: Union Concessions Would Make State Senate’s MTA Fantasy More Realistic (Post)
- MTA Should Have Known Not to Hire Bus Driver With DWI on His Record (News)
- Queens CB 9 Chair Criticizes Ulrich for “Get a Life” Tweet; Ulrich: “I Am Not a Doormat” (Queens Chron)
- Brooklyn CB 2 Might Ask DOT for North-South Bike Links Near BAM (The Local)
- Proposal to Digitize Travel Info for Old Subway Cars Triggers Waves of Nostalgia From the NYT
- Have Streetsblog Readers Seen the Last of the Weinermobile? (Google)
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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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