Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:00 AM EDT on August 9, 2012
- Cuomo Gets Pataki to Endorse His Tappan Zee Death Spiral Plan (Lohud)
- Read This, Then Try to Imagine the Daily News Exposé on Cars Going 28 MPH in Central Park
- Bike Haters of the Daily News Opinion Page Still Don’t Admit That Bike-on-Ped Injuries Are Dropping
- Chicago Puts Off Bike-Share Launch Until Next Year (WSJ, NYT)
- The News Ought to Consider That NYC Bike-Share Planners May Still Be Weighing Options
- Drunk Jeep Driver Crashes Into Garbage Truck, Killing Passenger (News)
- If the Q Is the Best Subway Line, What Does That Say About the Rest of Them? (Bklyn Paper)
- But Don’t Forget: Trains Are Waaaay Better Now Than They Were 30 Years Ago (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Locals Think $150 Million Bridge to City Island in the Bronx Is Total Overkill (Post)
- Cyclists and Pedestrians, Living Together Again in City Hall Park (DNA)
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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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