Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:56 AM EST on November 16, 2015
- Hundreds March to Remember Victims and Prevent Traffic Violence in NYC (NYT)
- Will Central Harlem Electeds Fight Bike-Share Like They Fought Bus Lanes? (DNA)
- Last-Minute Add-on to House Transpo Bill Robs Northeast Transit to Pay Suburban Portland (MTR)
- One of Every Six Jaywalking Tickets in First Half of 2015 Came From 46th Precinct in the Bronx (Post)
- More From Thursday’s Council Hearing on Improving Transit Access (AMNY)
- Hylan Boulevard Is the New “Boulevard of Death” (Advance)
- DOT Won’t Make Shore Boulevard By Astoria Park Car-Free (DNA)
- How Dare a Queens CB 9 Member Suggest Basing a Discussion of Woodhaven BRT on Facts (QChron)
- 77-Year-Old Driver Kills 23-Year-Old Man in Heartland Village, Staten Island (News)
- Assault Victim Struck By Hit-and-Run Driver in Jamaica (News, 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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