Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:49 AM EDT on July 27, 2015
- Cuomo Continues Gubernatorial Tradition of Trying to Make the MTA Someone Else’s Problem (NYT)
- Advocates, Budget Watchdogs Aren’t Impressed With Gov’s Transit Funding Outline (Crain’s 1, 2)
- Daily News: Cuomo’s Wrong, Move NY Has Changed the Politics of Road Pricing in NYC
- Northeast Corridor and Trans-Hudson Rail Tunnels Held Together With Duct Tape (NYT, WNYC)
- Chris Christie Has a Tunnel Under the Hudson He’d Like to Sell You (NYT, WNYC, 2nd Ave Sagas)
- WSJ: Citi Bike’s Upgrades Are Improving the Experience for Riders
- More Coverage of Citi Bike Expansion (NYT, DNA, News)
- Schumer: Feds Should Accelerate Tech to Prevent Drunk Driving (News)
- Meet the VC-Backed Companies on a Mission to Get New Yorkers to Drive Private Cars (Crain’s)
- Uber’s Pick-Up Patterns in NYC Don’t Look That Different From Yellow Cabs (NYT)
- Manhattan and the Bronx Celebrate the Reopened High Bridge (Gothamist)
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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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