Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:58 AM EDT on June 29, 2015
- Get Ready for Permanent Car-Free Zones in Central Park Above 72nd Street, Starting Today (News)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Betty Jean DiBiasio, 21, in Astoria Early Saturday A.M. (Post)
- Speeding Driver Causes 4-Car Collision in Marble Hill and Dies (Post, News)
- Driver Speeding and Running Reds Crashes Into Second Car, Killing Her Passenger (News)
- Steve Levin in Uber’s Cross-hairs for Backing a Slowdown in Black Car Licenses (Bklyn Paper)
- How Will Residents of 5,500-Unit Greenpoint Landing Get Around? (Gothamist)
- In a First, Cops Ticket Cabbies Who Double-Parked While Praying (Post)
- Apparently, There’s “No Room” on Staten Island for More Bus Lanes (Advance)
- Market Rate for Parking in DUMBO: $350-$450/Month; On-Street Rate: $0 (DNA)
- Komanoff: The Pope Didn’t Come Out Against Carbon Taxes — Far From It (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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