Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:50 AM EDT on March 21, 2014
- Citi Bike Operating at a Loss, Needs Cash Infusion (WSJ)
- Move NY Attracting Motorists and Truckers to the Fair Toll Plan Coalition (CapNY)
- Deep Dive on NYC’s Street Safety Movement and Vision Zero From BKLYNR
- De Blasio Set to Pick Mitchell Silver to Run Parks Department — and Its Greenways (NYT, News, Post)
- No Mention of Parking Reform in This Post Piece on New Affordable Housing Honcho Vicki Been
- Straphangers: Subways Getting Shmutzier (News, NY1, DNA)
- Parents, Teachers, and Students at Allie Liao’s School Take Car Safety Pledge in Her Memory (TL)
- Will Hudson River Park Build More Parking to Pay for Maintenance? (Crain’s)
- All These Jaywalking Tickets Are Terrible PR for Vision Zero (Gothamist)
- Signs of a Relaxed NYC Bike Culture on the First Day of Spring (Brooklyn Spoke)
- Damned Bike Lanes (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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