Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:59 AM EST on December 14, 2012
- Fare Hike 2013: $2.50 Base, $112 Monthly; Cappelli Calls for Citywide Toll Plan (News, WSJ)
- TLC Vote Clears Way for Taxi-Hailing Apps (WSJ)
- Drunk Driver Who Killed Pedestrian By QBB Faces Up to 25 Years. Will It Stick? (Post)
- Markowitz: Bring That Huge, Traffic-Generating Soccer Stadium to Brooklyn (Post)
- Mark-Viverito, Vacca, Dickens, and Weprin Have Their Eyes on Council Speakership (WSJ)
- DOT Calms Jewel Ave Traffic With Buffered Bike Lane (QChron)
- Raise the Gas Tax Already (News)
- Bloomberg Signs New Pedicab Rules Into Law After All (City Room)
- Gothamist Goes Off on Crazy Steve Cuozzo
- Brooklyn Spoke: The Cuozz Dehumanizes Delivery Cyclists
- More Randy Cohen Community Board Appearances in 2013, Please (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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