Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:59 AM EST on November 8, 2011
- Believe It or Not, It’s Election Day (Gotham Gazette)
- Goodbye, Starchitect Lover Nic Ouroussoff; Hello, Bike-Riding Street Observer Mike Kimmelman (NYT)
- Meanwhile, Times Reporter Corey Kilgannon Guns His Company Car Through Local Jersey Streets
- Denis Hamill: But Who Will Think of the Ticket-Fixing Cops? (News)
- DNAinfo Previews the DOT Preview of Bike-share at Manhattan CB 3
- Public Library Chief Busted for DWI in Harlem (WSJ)
- School Bus Driver With No Passengers Crashes Into Rockaway Parkway Home (Post, News)
- It’s Time Again for Chuck Schumer to Champion the Commuter Rail Tax Benefit (TransNat)
- Bay Ridge Street Fight: Parking Spots vs. Gated Chain-Link Fence (Bklyn Paper)
- Fifth Avenue Pioneer and Bike Lane Foe Irene Lo Re Hangs It Up at Aunt Suzie’s (Bklyn Paper)
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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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