Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:00 AM EDT on May 8, 2012
- Citi Bike All Over the News (NYT, News, Post, WSJ, NY1, DNA, NBC, CBS, Politicker, Bloomberg, TN)
- Bike-Share Misconception #1: Expecting It to Be Used for All-Day Jaunts (Gothamist, Post, Felix Salmon)
- Bike-Share Misconception #2: Expecting Pedestrians to Get Hurt By People Riding Shared Bikes (News)
- Queens Feeling Slighted About Getting Shut Out of Citi Bike, Even Though LIC Will Have It (QChron)
- NYC’s Sheridan Teardown Study Delayed By a Year (News)
- Help Make the Teardown Happen: The South Bronx River Watershed Alliance Is Hiring (MTR)
- DOT Proposes Sharrows for Ashland Place in Fort Greene (Brownstoner)
- Reviving the Rockaway Branch as a North-South Subway Connection for Queens (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Why Are the Dollar Vans on Flatbush So Busted? (Cap’n Transit)
- New Bruce Appleyard Research: Driving Kids Everywhere Kills Their Sense of Place (Atlantic Cities)
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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