Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:57 AM EDT on April 3, 2012
- Slap on the Wrist for Brooklyn Firefighter Who Killed Manuel Tzajguachiac and Fled Scene (News)
- Excellent Times Traffic Justice Coverage… From Brazil
- FHWA OKs New Highway Ramps for Willets Point Mega-Development (NYT)
- McCarren Park Would Be Made Whole By Plan to De-Map Part of Union Ave (Bklyn Paper)
- Criminals Exploiting NY’s No-Fault Insurance Law (Post)
- Even Notoriously Cranky Manhattan CB 8 Getting Into the Bike-Share Planning Groove (Thirteen)
- Wouldn’t a Hearing on Our Ancient Subway Infrastructure Top This Snoozefest About Sinkholes? (WNYC)
- Mayoral Candidate Tom Allon: Let NYC Control Its Own Transit System (HuffPo)
- Starts and Fits Heroically Catalogs South Bronx Bike Parking
- Cycling: A Threat to the Species (NYT Well via Gothamist)
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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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