Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:57 AM EDT on September 20, 2016
- MTA Could Save a Lot By Running Access-a-Ride More Efficiently (Crain’s)
- Port Authority Report Keeps Alive the Idea of Bus-to-7-Train Connection in Secaucus (Politico)
- DOT’s Ryan Russo Talks Bicycling, Street Redesign, and Vision Zero With Urban Omnibus
- Crashes Involving City Employees — Not Including Cops — Up 11 Percent in Past Year (Post)
- Garbage Truck Driver Strikes Woman Cycling on 3rd Ave at 14th Street (DNA)
- Cop Faces Charges for Hit-and-Run Killing of Pedestrian, But It’s the Victim Who’s on Trial (Advance)
- Street-Level Work on 2nd Ave Subway Wraps Up, Clearing the Way for Several Blocks of PBL (NY1)
- Dov Hikind Agrees “That Safety Is the Top Priority” on Ocean Parkway — Just Kidding (Yeshiva World)
- Fare Hike Four Member Hiram Monserrate Remains Selfless and Charming as Ever (Post)
- The Brooklyn Paper Is All Over This Sinister Plot to Make a Short Block of Schermerhorn Car-Free
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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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