Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:59 AM EDT on August 2, 2012
- Straphangers: Q Train Ranks 1st, C Brings Up the Rear (WSJ, NYT, SAS, TransNat, Post)
- Cyclist Struck By Cabbie in East Harlem Monday Dies From Wounds (DNA)
- 9-Year-Old Recalls Horror of Watching Hit-and-Run Driver Take His Father’s Life (Post)
- TA to Campaign for Protected Bike Lanes on Fifth and Sixth Avenues (DNA)
- Schumer: Connect Brooklyn-Queens Tech Clusters With “Nerd Bus” (Post)
- Atlantic Terminal Sarcophagi Cost the MTA $1.35M to Install and Tear Out (TransNat)
- Main Challenge to NYC Dems in 2013 Could Come From… a Member of NYC Dem Establishment (Post)
- NYT Mag Explores the Second Avenue Subway Tunnel
- How Can You Find the Right City Bike For You? (DNA)
- The Legend of the Bike Lane Vigilante Continues to Grow (Bklyn Paper)
- Plaza Street Bike Lane Goes Green (Bklyn Spoke)
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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