Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:52 AM EST on February 9, 2016
- Tune In to the 30-Minute Mark and Hear How the B-Q Streetcar Will Run on Magical Thinking (Bklyn Paper)
- Daily News Withholds a Verdict on BQX Until More Information Comes Out
- 79-Story Tower Will Rise By the Queens Waterfront With or Without a Streetcar (YIMBY, Gothamist)
- MTA Starts Meeting With Local Pols About L Train Shutdown (DNA, NY1)
- TA Calls for Cap on Uber Shift Lengths (Post)
- Cap’n Transit Is Noticing More People Opting for Uber/Lyft Shared Ride Services
- Carlos Menchaca Bill Would Legalize Head Starts for Cyclists on LPIs (Bklyn Spoke)
- DDC and DOT to Make Room for More Traffic at Major Staten Island Intersections This Year (Advance)
- Vision Zero Paranoia (QChron)
- Varick Street Bike Path’s Granite Pavers Already Popping Out (Tribeca Citizen)
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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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