Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:58 AM EDT on May 15, 2017
- Is Cuomo Capable of the Essential But Unflashy Task of Getting Subways to Run on Time? (NYT)
- Myron Magnet’s Muttonchops Quiver With Rage About Bike Lanes — NYC Must Be Doing Something Right (WSJ)
- Hank Sheinkopf: Thousands of New Parking Placards “an Election Year Gift to Interest Groups” (Post)
- Police Responding to Call Seriously Injure Cyclist in East Williamsburg, Blame Victim (News, DNA)
- Nicole Gelinas Has Some Ideas for Handling Penn Station’s Track Shrinkage This Summer (Post)
- Hmm… State Senator Todd Kaminsky Calls for New Layer of Bureaucracy to Manage Penn (News)
- DOT Will Stripe a Bike Lane on Classon Avenue, Where Lauren Davis Was Struck and Killed (Bklyn Paper)
- Here’s Why Second Avenue Subway Stations Sound Better Than the Rest of the System (WNYC)
- Maybe Buttons Will Persuade More Straphangers to Courteously Give Up Their Seats (Post, NYT, AMNY)
- If You Lock Your Bike in Forest Hills or Rego Park, It’s Time to Brush Up With Hal (DNA)
- Tensions Rise When Traffic Peaks on the Hudson River Greenway (Gothamist)
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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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