Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:59 AM EDT on April 11, 2016
- Riders Alliance Calls for Discount MTA Fares for Low-Income Riders (News, AMNY, NY1)
- How the Port Authority Might Pay for a New Midtown Bus Terminal (Bloomberg)
- Red Light Running Cabbie Injures Man in Wheelchair on W 103rd (News)
- Wrong-Way Driver Critically Injures Man on Scooter in Glendale (Post)
- SUV Driver Critically Injures Man on White Plains Road (News)
- After Cabbies Get Medical Clearance to Drive a Taxi, TLC Never Follows Up With Another Exam (Post)
- Giving the Press More Parking Perks Will Only Make Problems Like This Worse (DNA)
- Straphangers Are on the Hook for MTA’s Mounting Debt in More Ways Than One (2nd Ave Sagas)
- MTA to Release Study of Rockaway Beach Rail Reactivation by June 30, 2017 (QChron)
- C’mon U.S. DOT, the National Household Travel Survey Isn’t Just About Motoring (MTR)
- A Year in the Life of a Times Transportation Reporter
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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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