Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:00 AM EST on February 29, 2012
- Brooklynites: Let’s Get the Cars Out of Prospect Park (News, Post)
- The Times‘ Tappan Zee Commentary Fawns Over Cuomo’s Greenwashing
- While the Post Lays Out Why a Transit-Free Bridge Is Unacceptable
- Tri-State: What’s Going On With NY State’s Shifting Traffic Projections for the New Tappan Zee?
- Lappin’s Fine for Riding an E-Bike: $1,000; Fine for Killing With a Car: $500 (Gothamist, DNA)
- How Can the MTA Reverse the Trend of Declining Bus Ridership? (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Every Week, Two American Kids Are Killed By Drivers Backing Over Them (NYT)
- Cop Crashes Patrol Car Into East New York Sidewalk, Arrested for Driving Drunk (News, NYT)
- Five Injured in Eastern Parkway Crash Yesterday Afternoon (DNA)
- Gowanus Whole Foods: Read All About It (Bklyn Paper, Post, NYT)
- Brooklyn Spoke Gives His Take on the Prospect Park Loop Plan
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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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