Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:56 AM EST on January 18, 2016
- Uber Pleased With City Hall’s Uber Report (NYT, Politico, WNYC, WSJ)
- How’s Cuomo Going to Make Good on His MTA Funding Promise? He’s Still Not Saying (WNYC)
- De Blasio’s Horse Carriage Deal Includes Booting Pedicabs Out of Central Park (News, Politico)
- Not Helping: Alcoholic.org Blames Drunk People for Getting Killed While Walking in NYC (Post)
- Trottenberg Makes the Case for Woodhaven Blvd SBS to Queens Chronicle Readers
- Fear and Loathing on the Queens CB 9 Transportation Committee (QChron)
- Rider’s Alliance: The Q70 to LaGuardia Is NYC’s Best-Kept Secret (News)
- Driver Who Flipped Car on Amsterdam Ave Caught Speeding on Video (Gothamist)
- NYPD Doesn’t Tow Illegally Parked Cars on Staten Island (Post)
- DOT Adding 3 Traffic Lights to 21st Ave in Astoria; Constantinides: “We’re Not Done” (DNA)
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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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