Today's Headlines

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By Ben Fried

8:59 AM EST on January 4, 2012

For Drivers Who Value Their Time, Paying Tolls Is Well Worth It (NYT)
Work Rules and/or Staffing Incompetence Kept MTA From Saving on Labor This Holiday (Post)
Samuelsen Draws Line in the Sand Over Shift to Part-Time Bus Drivers (Post)
Speculation About Next Council Speaker Circles Back to Mark-Viverito vs. Dickens (Politicker)
QueensWay Debate: Turn Defunct LIRR Tracks Into a Greenway, or Restore Rail Service? (News)
Unlicensed Hit-and-Run Driver Gets 60-Day Sentence for Killing Motorcyclist in Manhattan (Post)
Retired PANYNJ Cop Sues Port Authority Over Loss of Lifetime Free Driving Perk (WSJ)
City Helps Randall’s Island Parks Flourish While Letting East Harlem’s Esplanade Fall Apart (News)
WNYC Explores the City’s “Ghost System” of Unused Subway Track
In Praise of Very Narrow Streets (Cap’n Transit)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

Ben Fried

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.

Today's Headlines

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