Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:59 AM EDT on March 23, 2012
- The Gridlock Sam Toll Plan Won’t Go Anywhere Without a Champion in Albany (WSJ)
- …And Won’t Drum Up Grassroots Support By Slapping Bike Tolls on Bridges (Crain’s)
- Brooklyn Developers: NYC’s Minimum Parking Requirements Are Insane (Bklyn Paper)
- The Times, in Its Buttoned-Down Way, Tells State Senate to Stop Messing Around With Transit Funding
- City Bus Driver Killed Eataly Bus Boy on East 23rd Street Last Night (Post)
- Cyclist Hits Pedestrian on Prospect Park Loop Near Lincoln Road; No Serious Injuries (Bklyn Paper)
- Lander and TA Join Lefevre Family FOIL Suit Against NYPD (City Room)
- Mark-Viverito: East Harlem Bike Lane Vote “Should Be Celebrated Many Times Over” (DNA)
- Transgender CB7 Chair Mel Wymore Wants to Focus on Planning Issues in Campaign for Council (NYT)
- Nassau’s Bus System Is Less Transparent With MTA Gone and Veolia Corp in Charge (MTR)
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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