Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:59 AM EDT on June 21, 2012
- Corona 20 MPH Zone Up for a Vote at Queens Community Board 3 Tonight (DNA)
- NYPD Imposing Fees on 5 Boro Bike Tour Could Kneecap Citywide Bike Ed Program (News)
- DOT to Propose South Slope Bike Connections to Prospect Park; Plus: Hainline Cameo (Bklyn Paper)
- Bay Ridge’s CB 10 Can Do Better Than a Watered-Down 86th St. Safety Plan (Bklyn Paper)
- Parking Placard Frauds Learned It By Watching Midtown North Cops (DNA)
- Rebuild Rail or Add an Elevated Greenway? Hashing Out the Future of the Rockaway Branch (DNA)
- Report: State DOT Adhering to Smart Growth Law, Port Authority Ignoring It (MTR)
- State Senate Gets in on the Parking Ticket Pandering (NY1)
- Do CaBi Users Skew White Because of the Price, or Because of the Station Locations? (Felix Salmon)
- Yassky Makes the Case for Letting the Boro Taxi Plan Move Forward (News)
- The MTA Can’t Cool “Infinite Space” (Transpo Nation)
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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