Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:49 AM EDT on July 26, 2016
- Bratton Won’t Stay Beyond Next Year (NYT)
- L-Pocalypse 2019! (2nd Ave Sagas, News, DNA, AMNY, Post, Bklyn Paper)
- It Doesn’t Look Like the 2nd Ave Subway Will Launch This Year (DNA)
- Crain’s: John Degnan Needs a Better Plan to Replace Port Authority Bus Terminal
- DDC Won’t Finish Astor Place Reconstruction Until the Fall (DNA)
- Metro North Rolls Out Mobile Ticketing on the Harlem Line (DNA)
- 4 Ways to Improve Bus Service Besides Dedicated Transit Lanes (MTR)
- Only 1.8% of NYC Freight Moves By Rail, Hence the Truck Traffic Pounding Our Streets (Crain’s)
- There Are Bioswale NIMBYs in Flushing and of Course Tony Avella Is Fighting for Them (TL)
- Cap’n Transit: Street Fairs Shouldn’t Disrupt the Bike Network
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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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