Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:50 AM EDT on October 8, 2014
- Why Is Andrew Cuomo Pretending That He Doesn’t Run the MTA? (CapNY, WNYC, AMNY)
- DNA Maps the Projects in the Next MTA Capital Program
- More Coverage of 25 MPH Speed Limit Clearing City Council (NYT, WNYC)
- Extension of Transit Tax Benefit in NYC on Its Way to de Blasio’s Desk (Post, CapNY, AMNY)
- SUV Driver Kills Pedestrian Cristina Alonso on 14th Ave in Dyker Heights (Bklyn Paper)
- Letter Grades for Taxi Drivers Percolating in the City Council (CapNY, Post)
- Manhattan CB 12 Committee Votes for Safety Fixes at 155th Street Intersection (DNA)
- So, Council Member Debi Rose Is All for Fair Tolls, Right? (Advance)
- CBS2 — Still Rooting for More New Yorkers to Die in Traffic
- Ben Kabak: Transit Projects Can Be Both Beautiful and Useful (CityLab)
- Chicago’s Speed Cam Crazies Might Actually Have New York’s Beat (Streetsblog CHI)
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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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