Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:00 AM EDT on March 30, 2012
- Gelinas: Cuomo’s Budget Deal Will Bring on Cuomo’s Fare Hikes (Post)
- DOT Ped Safety Plan for Rego Park Mall Moving Forward (QChron)
- Whadya Know: Commerce on Columbus Avenue Doing Just Fine (Commercial Observer)
- Drunk Off-Duty Cop Racks Up Insane Amount of Simultaneous Traffic Violations (News)
- Off-Duty Mount Vernon Cop Drives Head-On Into Big Rig on I-95 (Post)
- The Times Hunts for Prized “Bike” Angle in DOT’s Midtown Walkway Plan
- MTA on the Verge of Opening Up Real-Time Subway Data to Developers (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Read All About the Bike Bridges in Gridlock Sam’s Toll and Infrastructure Plan (Thirteen)
- S.I. Pols, Dissatisfied With Off-Peak Truck Toll Discount, Really Want More Truck Traffic (SI Live)
- What a Ghost Bike Means to One Victim’s Nephew (NYT)
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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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