Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:50 AM EDT on June 30, 2015
- Halfway Through 2015, Pedestrian Deaths in NYC Haven’t Declined Much (WNYC)
- Say It’s an “Accident” and NYPD Will Let You Get Away With Killing Someone With Your Car (News, Post)
- NYC’s Transit System Isn’t Keeping Up With Its Population Growth (News)
- Uber Deploys Its Pressure Tactics Against City Hall (Crain’s, Post)
- De Blasio Taps Maria Torres-Springer, Former Aide to Seth Pinsky, to Run NYC EDC (NYT, Crain’s)
- NJ Transit Riders Will Absorb Another Round of Fare Hikes + Service Cuts on Christie’s Watch (MTR)
- Reactivated South Brooklyn Marine Terminal Promises to Cut Truck Traffic (CapNY)
- DNAinfo Names the Officers Living the Dream of Issuing Bike Tickets By the Hundreds
- More Coverage of Central Park Car-Free Expansion From Gothamist and WNYC
- 13 Metro-North Train Crew Members Indicted for Cheating on Job Exams (NYT, News)
- Sharrows on a Few Blocks of Fulton Street Are Too Much for Brooklyn CB 3 (DNA)
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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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