Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:52 AM EDT on April 29, 2016
- Albany Has Put Off Confirmation of de Blasio’s MTA Board Appointees for Nearly a Year (MTR)
- Today’s the Day DOT Officially Opens the Pulaski Bridge Bikeway (Gothamist)
- DOT’s Crosstown UES Bike Lane Plan — Now With More Bike Lanes (DNA)
- $4 Billion WTC PATH Station Will Get a Ribbon-Cutting After All (Politico)
- 3 Things Brooklyn Spoke Would Change About Car-Free Day
- Western Queens Needs Better Pricing and Fewer NYPD Vehicles at the Curb (Courier)
- Baychester Golf Course Will Be Replaced By Shopping Center With 1,200 Parking Spaces (BxTimes)
- Pedestrian Island Coming to 138th Street and 31st Road; Tony Avella Pleased (QChron)
- Surely This Will Fix Congestion on the Staten Island Expressway (Advance, DNA)
- The Marketing of de Blasio’s Ferry Service Has Begun (DNA)
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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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