Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:55 AM EDT on May 16, 2017
- Cuomo’s MTA Puts Some Band-Aids on the Subway’s Giant Suppurating Wounds (Politico, AMNY, Post, News)
- De Blasio: 50,000 New Parking Placards No Big Deal, Placard Corruption Not a Problem (Post)
- Cuomo Turns NYC Traffic Enforcement Into Another Pissing Match With de Blasio (Post)
- Ydanis Rodriguez and Steve Levin: It’s Up to the Mayor to Fund Fair Fares (C&S)
- The MTA’s Failure to Make Stations Accessible Goes Back Decades (TransitCenter)
- Unlicensed Van Driver Critically Injures 14-Year-Old Boy in Middle Village; Police Blame Victim (News)
- More Monday Carnage: SUV Driver Flips Near Holland Tunnel (DNA); Cabbie Hits Horse (Gothamist)
- TransAlt’s Organizing to Bring Bike-Share to the Bronx (News12)
- Who Will Win the Bike to Work Challenge? (NY1)
- Bike Snob vs. Myron Magnet (TransAlt)
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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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