Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:36 AM EST on February 19, 2013
- MTA, TWU Haven’t Moved on Contract Talks in Three Months (Post)
- Michael Powell: It’s Silly to Oppose Letting Developers Build on NYCHA Parking Lots (NYT)
- Manhattan CB 5 Votes to Claim Street Space for CitiBike Docks Outside Grand Central (DNA)
- Carrion Says “Infrastructure Investment” and “Economic Development” Will Be Campaign Pillars (NYT)
- Son of Staten Island Killed in Indianapolis Ambulance Crash (Post)
- Brace Yourself, You May Nod in Agreement With Steve Cuozzo’s Take on Midtown East (Post)
- March 4 Is Transit Awareness Day in Albany (MTR)
- 1950s-Era Transport Planning Alive and Well in Louisville (NYT)
- A Proposal to Get More Bang Out of Safe Routes to School Bucks (StrongTowns)
- The “Worst Cities for Driving” Include a Lot of Great Cities for Walking (WSJ)
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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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