Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:57 AM EDT on April 18, 2016
- Parks Department Truck Driver Kills Skateboarder Near Forest Park (News, Post)
- Accounts of Clinton Hill Cyclist Fatality Remain Inconsistent (News, Bklyn Paper)
- Tractor-Trailer Driver Critically Injures Man in Maspeth (Post)
- MTA Won’t Close Canarsie Tube for Repairs Until 2019 (NY1)
- 72nd Street Station Construction May Hold Up Opening of 2nd Ave Subway (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Shelly Silver and Judy Rapfogel Still Drive Cars With Government Parking Placards (Post)
- C&S Spoke to People on the Street About the BQX Streetcar
- Chris Christie in No Hurry to Fix NJ Transit’s Budget Mess (WNYC, MTR)
- Thousands of Words in the Times on the Impeding Closure of a Soho Gas Station
- How Not to Coordinate a Multi-City Bike-Share System (Jersey Journal)
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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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