Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:58 AM EDT on October 24, 2012
- DOT Study: Business Booming Near Plazas, Select Bus Routes, and Bike Lanes (News, Post)
- It’s Been Two Months and Seven Days, And There’s Still No TZB Transit Task Force (MTR)
- What Bronxites Want: Metro-North Service, Finished Bronx River Greenway (DNA)
- Meet the Candidates Vying for Corrupt Larry Seabrook’s Old City Council Seat (NYT)
- Work on First Phase of Queens Greenway Approaching Completion (DNA)
- Post: MTA Debt Service, Pension and Health Care Costs Make Fare Hike Inevitable
- NYC Subways — Can’t Put Up With ‘Em, Can’t Live Without ‘Em (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Hudson Yards Developer Looking to Change Its Deal With the MTA (Post)
- Shoup on Disabled Placard Reform: It Can Be Done! (LA Times)
- Have You Seen This Bike Thief? (YouTube)
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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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