Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:59 AM EDT on March 12, 2012
- Lhota: There’s No Escaping the 2013 Fare Hike (NBC via 2nd Ave Sagas)
- School Bus Cuts Force Kids to Cross Hellish Queens Streets (Q Chron)
- Parks Officers Handed Out 188 Tickets to Prospect Park Cyclists in Four Months (Bklyn Paper)
- Pols Still Aren’t Done With Their Kabuki Act Following Port Authority Toll Hikes (NY1)
- City: Let’s Upgrade Ped/Bike Bridge to East River Esplanade; CB 8: How Dare You! (DNA)
- Your Tax $ at Work: Car-Oriented Biz Incubator Fails in Queens (Post)
- Post Bashes TWU, Doesn’t Mention MTA Debt Bomb
- City Ramps Up Its Streets-as-Stormwater-Sponge Program (News)
- We Always Knew Jeff Klein Thought He Was Above the Law (Post)
- Times Opinion: America Needs to Get Teens Driving Again
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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