Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:00 AM EDT on July 17, 2012
- New York Can Hardly Wait for Bike-Share Launch (NYT, WSJ, TransNat, News, DNA)
- Cuomo’s Inflated Costs for TZB Transit Are Six Times Higher Than L.A. BRT (MTR)
- Without Transit, Access to Jobs in the Hudson Valley Will Remain Dismal (MTR)
- De Blasio Catching Up to Quinn and Stringer in 2013 Mayoral Fundraising Race (NYT)
- “Council Speaker Vacca” — It Could Happen (News)
- Cabbie Strikes 87-Year-Old Woman By Port Authority; Victim in Serious Condition (DNA)
- Barclay’s Neighbors: DOT’s RPP Study Failed to Consider Traffic Mitigation (Bklyn Paper)
- East River Ferry Hits Million Passenger Milestone Sooner Than Expected (DNA)
- The Difference Between MTA and L.A. Metro? L.A. Has Political Support and Marketing Savvy (CapNY)
- Stop the Presses: A Garbage Truck Driver Grazed Katie Holmes’ Benz (Post)
- James Dolan Needs to Just Sign Jeremy Lin Already (WSJ, News)
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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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