Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:51 AM EST on December 1, 2014
- Uber Eroding the Wealth of Taxi Medallion Cartels (NYT)
- Fernando Mateo and the New York Post Don’t Want the City to Enforce the New Speed Limit
- After Failing to Investigate the Size of the New Tappan Zee, the Times Frets Over Toll Hikes
- Chris Ward: Let’s Tax Driving (CapNY)
- De Blasio Bill to Ban Horses in Central Park Opens the Door to Replacing Them With Cars (CapNY)
- One-Way Tolling on the Verrazano Bridge Is Literally Killing People (Villager)
- A Tri-State Thanksgiving Wishlist (MTR)
- Andrew Hevesi Wants to Give Pedestrians a Head Start Crossing Queens Boulevard (QChron)
- Driver Struck Woman on Central Park South Friday Morning; NYPD: No Criminality Suspected (DNA)
- When Riding a Bike Is a Lifeline (NYT)
- David Weprin: Putting Teens on Community Boards “Belittles the Position” (AP)
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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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