Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:58 AM EDT on September 1, 2011
- Family of Erica Abbott: Negligent Construction Site Management Caused Her Death (News)
- Goldsmith Reportedly Quit to Spare City Hall From His Domestic Violence Disgrace (Post)
- Sam Schwartz: Don’t Even Think About Cutting Off the Gas Tax (News)
- Teens Throw Brick at Cyclist From Navy Street Overpass, Hit Him in the Face (Gothamist)
- Bronx DA Responds Vigorously to High-Profile Passenger Deaths in Discount Bus Crash (News, NYT)
- And in S.I., Driver Who Fled Wreck That Killed a Passenger Gets Homicide Charge (Post)
- Credit, Please, for the Original Tape Measure Story on Atlantic Terminal Security Overkill (Bklyn Paper)
- San Francisco’s Top Traffic Cop Sits Down for an Interview With Bryan Goebel (Streetsblog SF)
- What’s the Deal With That Decoy Red-Light Cam at Fifth and Union? (Patch)
- More From OpenPlans Founder Mark Gorton on the Harm Caused By Cars in the City (Urban Omnibus)
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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