Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
7:41 AM EST on November 8, 2016
- Enjoy Voting, Elections, and Democratic Freedoms While You Still Can (NYT, Gothamist)
- Dems Could Increase Their Majority in State Senate But Still Not Win Control (News, Politico)
- Truck Driver Kills Woman Crossing 42nd Street, No Charges Expected (News, Post)
- The MTA Is Adding L Train Runs to Relieve Crowding, Especially on Sundays (News, Post)
- Will We All Be Dead Before the MTA Can Run Trains More Frequently Throughout the System? (Crain’s)
- Manhattan CB 4 to DOT: West 43rd Street Is a Raceway, Do Something (DNA)
- More on the Launch of M23 Select Bus Service (AMNY, Gothamist, NY1)
- Manslaughter Indictment for Drunk, High Driver Who Crashed on SIE, Killing Passenger (Advance)
- How the Generic Street Fair Lobby Got de Blasio to Abandon Street Fair Reform (NYT)
- When You Get Around NYC With Kids, You See the Streets From a New Perspective (RPA)
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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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