Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:50 AM EDT on October 5, 2015
- Ydanis: Move NY Toll Reform Could “Revolutionize the Way Our City Moves” (Politico, News)
- United Scandal Sweeps Up NJ DOT Commissioner Jamie Fox (Record, NYT)
- How Long Will Bus Commuters Have to Wait for a Modern Terminal in Midtown? (WNYC)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Mariano Contreras, 41, on College Point Boulevard (Post)
- Wrong-Way Driver Fleeing Traffic Stop Causes Bus to Veer Off-Road, Injuring 12 (News 1, 2)
- Property Owners Can Pay to Get a Citi Bike Station On-Site (WSJ)
- Victims of G Train Derailment Sue MTA and NYC Based on Prendergast’s Sniping (News)
- Crain’s Isn’t Buying the TWU Line on de Blasio and the MTA Capital Plan
- Politico Maps Uber Pick-ups in NYC
- Neckdowns and LPI Coming to Intersection of Ft. Hamilton Parkway and 92nd St. (Bklyn Paper)
- Is Someone New Writing Headlines for the Post?
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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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