Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:50 AM EST on March 11, 2016
- NJ Transit Contract Negotiations Hurtle Toward the Brink (Politico, NYT, WNYC)
- More Coverage of Bratton Undermining de Blasio’s Vision Zero Goals (Gothamist, News)
- Van Driver Kills Man Crossing Intersection With No Crosswalk in Highbridge (News)
- Yellow Cab Driver Hits Two People and Crashes Into Building on First Ave (DNA, Post)
- Pedestrians Account for More Than a Quarter of Traffic Deaths in NY and NJ (MTR)
- Melinda Katz Supports Bringing Passenger Service Back to LIRR Lower Montauk Branch (TL)
- NY Water Taxi Ultimatum: Pick Us for City Ferry Contract or We’ll Stop Operating (DNA, News, Politico)
- DOT: Woodhaven SBS Won’t Cost $400 Million After All (QChron)
- DOT Investigating Potential Overtime Abuses in Road Repair Divisions (News)
- Staten Island Gets the $200 Million Repaving Project of James Oddo’s Dreams (DNA)
- How Manhattan’s Public Squares Got Their Names (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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