Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:51 AM EST on March 1, 2016
- Turning Livery Driver Kills Carol Dauplaise, 77, at 36th and Madison (Post, News, Gothamist)
- A Great Look at the Senior Housing Crunch in NYC and Why Parking Minimums Stink (Politico)
- Brad Lander Has Some Questions About the BQX Streetcar (Brooklyn Paper)
- L Train Riders to MTA: Open J/M/Z and G Entrances Before Canarsie Tube Repairs (DNA)
- To Calm Traffic on Astoria Blvd, DOT Lifts Rush-Hour Parking Ban (QChron)
- Ghost Bike Dedication for Stanley Marshall, Killed While Biking on Richmond Road February 16 (Advance)
- Moronic Post Opinion Writers Blame Increase in Emergency Response Times on Bike Lanes, Plazas
- Should For-Hire Drivers in NYC Have to Speak English? (Post)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed NYPD Officer in Jersey Turns Self In (AP)
- Q44 Rider: SBS Works, It Just Needs to Run More Frequently (Times Ledger)
- The Precursor to the Subway Was a One-Block-Long Pneumatic Tube (News)
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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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