Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:55 AM EDT on March 28, 2017
- It’s Budget Crunch Time in Albany — How Will MTA Funding and Ride-Hailing Shake Out? (Politico)
- Drunk Big Rig Driver Kills Motorist By GWB and Flees (DNA, Post)
- SUV Driver Injures 37-Year-Old Woman on Upper East Side (DNA)
- Mother of Skylar Perkins Raising Money for Funeral Expenses (Gothamist)
- Jamaica Residents Frustrated By DOT’s Lack of Action to Improve Streets and Transit (TL)
- To Keep Drivers Out of the Jay Street Bike Lane, DOT Put Out Six Big Planters (Bklyn Paper)
- Yikes — This Is Where Simcha Felder Wants to Raise the Speed Limit? (Bklyner)
- Finally, DDC Starts Work on North Flatbush Ave Pedestrian Triangles This Week (DNA)
- Nassau Reaches Deal With Albany to Avert Worst-Case Cuts to Bus Service (Newsday – Paywall)
- The Case for Driverless Cars (Post)
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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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