Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:39 AM EST on January 4, 2016
- 230 People Were Killed in Traffic in NYC Last Year — a New Low (NYT)
- Few Drivers Who Injure or Kill Pedestrians and Cyclists Face Right of Way Charges (DNA)
- The Port Authority Has No Idea What to Do About Its Aging Midtown Bus Terminal (Politico)
- WSJ Surveys the State of the NYC Region’s Transportation Mega-Projects
- Citi Bike Closed Out Its Big Turnaround Year With the 10 Millionth Ride of 2015 (Gothamist)
- Riders Alliance Plan to Overhaul Q70 to LaGuardia Has Serious Momentum (NYT)
- Do E-Hail Apps Explain NYC’s Drop in Drunk Driving Cases? (Post)
- A Big Dose of Complacency About Traffic Deaths, Courtesy of the Daily News Opinion Page
- The Times Profiles the One and Only Jimmy’s Bike Shop in Jackson Heights
- You’ve Been Sharing the Road With This Guy Whose License Was Suspended 88 Times (Post)
- Damned Bike Lanes (NBC)
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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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