Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:51 AM EDT on October 23, 2015
- Know Where NYC’s Next Bus Terminal Should Go? Port Authority Wants Your Ideas! (Politico, WNYC)
- MTA Adding Service to 13 Subway Lines Next June (AMNY, Gothamist, 2nd Ave Sagas)
- Dollar Van Plan: Legalize Street Pick-Ups, Step Up Enforcement of Unlicensed Operators (News, Politico)
- The Queens Community Board Establishment Insists on Parking Mandates for Everything (QChron)
- Driving a Cab Without a License Now Carries Criminal Penalties in NYC (Post)
- 24th Precinct Takes Credit for Absence of Traffic Deaths on Upper West Side This Year (DNA)
- The Zillionth Story About a Community Board Scared to Trade Parking Spots for a Bikeway (BK Paper)
- PS 166 in Astoria Wants Car-Free Hours on 34th Street for Kids to Play (DNA)
- Driver Strikes Pedestrian on Hylan Boulevard in Great Hills (Advance)
- 37 Apartments to Replace Parking Lot By Metropolitan Ave G Station (YIMBY)
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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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