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Today’s Headlines

8:58 AM EDT on April 12, 2012

    • Enviros Warn Cuomo: Rushing Ahead With TZB Now Will Delay It Later (Lohud)
    • SUV Driver Kills 18-Year-Old Bronx Cyclist; Witness: Driver Going Too Fast (NBC)
    • The Post Files a 100% Victim-Blaming Version of the Story
    • Tom Vanderbilt Plumbs the Science of Pedestrian Movement With RPA's Jeff Zupan (Slate)
    • Check Out the Ten Most Used Subway Stations in Each Borough (2nd Ave Sagas)
    • Scenes From the 86th Street Station Blasting (NY1)
    • Sandhogs Have Never Had So Much Work (Voice)
    • One Wrongly-Installed Part Caused September 2011 LIRR Service Outage (WSJ)
    • No Hook Is Too Small for the Bklyn Paper to Hang a Gratuitous PPW Bike Lane Reference
    • With So Much Free Parking in NYC, How Do Storage Rentals Stay in Business? (Post)

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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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