Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:59 AM EST on February 14, 2012
- NBBL Keeps Acting Like Nobody Knows Their Lawsuit Was a Cynical PR Stunt (Bklyn Paper, Observer)
- Cyclist Slain By Hit-and-Run Driver on Staten Island Identified as Ron Tillman (News, Post)
- On Behalf of the Subway-Riding Class, Clyde Haberman Takes Down House Transpo Bill (City Room)
- More on the NYC Region’s Bipartisan Alliance Against the House Attack on Transit (Daily Politics)
- Only One Way to Fix the Atlantic Yards Parking Disaster: Eliminate the Parking (Post)
- Great Column About NYC Biking Marred By Ignorance of Public Process for Bike Lanes (NYT Well)
- Cuomo: 119,000 Distracted Driving Tickets Issued Since Passage of Beefed-Up Law (Daily Politics)
- Two More Ex-Govs Pick Apart the Cuomo/Christie Hatchet Job on Chris Ward (Transpo Nation)
- Lhota: Let’s Not Ban Food on the Subway (NYT)
- Bike-Share Will Be a Godsend on Nights When Subway Lines Shut Down for Maintenance (News)
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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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