Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:58 AM EDT on June 28, 2011
- After 2010 Toll Hike, Traffic Dropped on MTA Bridges and Tunnels (Post)
- Jaguar Driver Critically Injures Cyclist on Canal Street (News, DNAinfo)
- Bus Driver Strikes 7-Year-Old Queens Girl Chased By Dog (Post)
- Family of Aileen McKay-Dalton, Run Down By Treasury Official, Files Civil Suit (Bklyn Paper)
- 4,500 Riders Per Day on First Weekend of East River Ferry Service With Fares (WSJ)
- Round-up: More Coverage of DOT’s Pedestrian Wayfinding Initiative (News, WSJ, Transpo Nation, NYT)
- Rack Up Points for “See-Click-Fix”-Style Reporting With the New iPhone App “Commons” (Gothamist)
- Cyclists: Is Your Saddle Mashing Your Perineum? (NYT)
- Times Transpo Beat: 1,181 Words About Fran Lebowitz and Her Car
- The Daily News Doesn’t Shy From Ridiculing a Lawsuit Against the City, When It Suits Them
- Must-Read: Cap’n Transit‘s Hierarchy of Curbside Space Allocations
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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