Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:51 AM EST on November 17, 2014
- MTA Still Fine-Tuning 2015 Fare Hike Proposals (NYT)
- Daily News Comes Out for Rail on the Rockaway Beach Branch Instead of the QueensWay
- Cap’n Transit Runs Some Rail vs. Trail Ridership Numbers
- Another Option for RBBL: Upzone Southeast Queens Before Doing Anything (YIMBY)
- Pickup Truck Driver Kills 15-Year-Old Girl on Bayview Ave in Staten Island (Gothamist)
- Gelinas to DAs: Build Off the Afroduck Case and Prosecute Drivers Who Kill (Post)
- Off-Peak Subway Ridership Continues to Boom (Post)
- Escalators at Brand New $1.4B Fulton Transit Center Already on the Fritz (News, 2nd Ave Sagas)
- Do Midtown Street Vendors Take Up Too Much Sidewalk Space? (Crain’s)
- State Report Blames 2013 Metro-North Outage on Agencies’ Poor Preparation (CapNY)
- Verrazano Bridge Turns 50 (WNYC) — It’s About Time for a Walking and Biking Path
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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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