Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:51 AM EDT on October 6, 2014
- No One Is Leaping to Rescue Trans-Hudson Commuters From Impending Disaster (Post, WNYC 1, 2)
- Cuomo Admin Puts Off Approval of MTA Capital Program, For Now (Newsday, Post)
- Bill to Expand Transit Tax Benefit in NYC Hits City Council Transpo Committee Today (News)
- Woman in Critical Condition After Driver Struck Her While She Tended to Her Wounded Dog (News)
- Fire Truck Driver Injures Pedestrian on Avenue M (Bklyn Paper)
- SUV Driver Hits Pedestrian on Pitkin Ave, Inflicting Severe Head Injuries (News)
- Now Can We Get Serious About a Separated Bike Lane Across the Brooklyn Bridge? (News, Post)
- DA Richard Brown: Borough Hall Garage Essential to Queens Justice System (QChron)
- The Case Against Spending $1.5 Billion on PATH Extension to Newark Airport (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Which Will Come First for Upstate Cities, Bike-Share or Bike-Friendly Streets? (NYT)
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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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