Today’s Headlines
More headlines -- very important ones! -- at Streetsblog USA
By
Ben Fried
8:37 AM EST on November 21, 2016
- Family and Loved Ones Remember Victims of Traffic Violence (AMNY)
- Schumer’s Not Trump’s Friend, But Could Become His Enabler (Politico)
- Simcha Felder Will Caucus With Senate Republicans, Making Democratic Control Unlikely (News)
- “Trumplock” Is Going to Happen Anytime Trump Leaves/Returns to His Hometown (News)
- De Blasio: Fifth Ave Will Remain Open to Traffic. Okay, But How About Better Bus Lanes? (NYT, AMNY)
- Healthy Skepticism of BQX Streetcar at Brooklyn Community Board 6 (DNA)
- Gelinas: The MTA Has Bigger Challenges Than Opening 2nd Ave Subway Before 2017 (Post)
- Sluggish Release of DOT Data on Woodhaven Bus Lanes Feeds the NIMBY Narrative (QChron)
- Driver Backs Over and Injures 5-Year-Old Boy in Astoria Driveway (Post)
- Andrea Peyser Wants You to Be Very Afraid of the Subway (Post)
More headlines — very important ones! — at Streetsblog USA
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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