Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:59 AM EST on November 15, 2011
- 2nd Ave Sagas: Export SBS Successes to the Rest of the Bus Network
- Shocker – Headlines About Confused Riders on First Day of New SBS Service (DNAinfo, Metro)
- AAA: Traffic Crashes Cost NYC Region $30 Billion a Year (MTR)
- MTA Experiment: Get More Track Work in By Shutting Lines Down Longer (NYT, NY1, 2nd Ave Sagas)
- Lhota Makes Overture to Transit Unions on Day One (Transpo Nation)
- Look Out, MTA Riders: State Budget Gaps Could Mean More Albany Transit Raids Ahead (NYT)
- Everyone’s Talking About the Shelly Silver Bike Fall (City Room, Gothamist, NY Mag)
- Albany and City Hall Lure Electric Truck Maker to the Bronx With $10M in Subsidies (News)
- Vornado Additions to Port Authority Bus Terminal 100% Dead (NYT)
- DEP Installs Four Stormwater-Catching Bioswales on Dean Street (Patch)
- Hung Jury in Assault Case Against Man Who Punched Woman Over a Parking Spot (Post)
- Robert Caro: Janette Sadik-Khan Is the Anti-Moses (Observer)
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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