Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:54 AM EDT on March 16, 2015
- MTA Riders Rip Cuomo for Atrocious Service (Post, AMNY)
- U-Haul Driver Without a Valid License Critically Injures Teenage Boy in Longwood (News)
- Meanwhile, the Daily News Wants to Arrest People Who Look at Their Phones While Walking
- There’s a Total Void of Leadership on Building New Hudson River Rail Tunnels (WSJ)
- New de Blasio Rule Allows Larger Trucks on Highways Serving JFK Freight Routes (Crain’s)
- People Driving to the Brooklyn Expo Center Hog Greenpoint Sidewalks (BklynPaper)
- DOT Will Be Upgrading Williamsburg’s George B. Post Plaza (DNA)
- NYT Reviews Via, the Ride-Sharing Service Where You Actually Share Rides
- It Could Get Easier to Rate the Performance of Cops Who Respond to Crash Scenes (Post)
- A Vision Zero Suggestion: Automated Enforcement at Every Intersection (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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