Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:58 AM EDT on July 29, 2013
- NYT: Next Mayor Should Gird Up to Fight for East River Bridge Tolls
- News: Fare Hikes Shouldn’t Exceed Rate of Inflation
- Three Pedestrians Killed in Weekend of Traffic Violence (Gothamist, News)
- Enviros Call on Bloomberg to Make as Much Progress on SBS as Possible Before 2014 (Gotham Gaz)
- Gelinas Warns of MTA’s Rising Debt, Health Care, and Pension Costs (Post)
- City Urges Court to Toss Citi Bike Station Placement Lawsuit, and the Post Is Scandalized
- Citi Bike Coming to Long Island City By September (Queens Trib)
- How Rayquan Callahan’s Bike Became a Pretext for Police Harassment (News)
- Broadway Pedestrian Malls Get a Makeover in West Harlem (DNA)
- The New Summer Streets Centerpiece: Car-Free Park Avenue Tunnel (NYT)
- Bike-Share Usage Patterns Graphed (WNYC) and Mapped (NYer)
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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