Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:49 AM EDT on September 3, 2013
- With One Week Until the Primary, Final Dem Mayoral Debate Is Tonight (WSJ, NYT)
- Vitullo-Martin: Make NYC More Livable By Building Housing Near Transit (NYT)
- MTA Beefing Up Off-Peak L Train Service (NY1)
- Daily News Goes for a Citi Bike Spin With Sal Albanese
- 2nd Ave Sagas Asks: Where Are the Big Transit Ideas This Election Season?
- Someone Needs to Tell U.S. Open Players About the LIRR (NYT, Cap’n Transit)
- On Average, Public-Private Partnerships Cost More Than Traditional Procurement (MTR)
- War Metaphors About Bike-Ped Tension in the Post? Yawn
- Cops Arrest Bronx Hit-and-Run Killer (Post)
- Police Officer Injured By Driver on Rockaway Boulevard; Charges Unknown (Post)
- Damned Bike Lanes (News)
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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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