Today’s Headlines
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Ben Fried
8:54 AM EDT on May 23, 2017
- How Cuomo and His Predecessors Failed to Invest in the Subway Infrastructure That Matters Most (NYT)
- Cuomo Insists He’s Not “Shirking Responsibility” for MTA, Proceeds to Shirk Responsibility (Politico)
- More Info on MTA/DOT Bus Plans for L Train Shutdown, But Nothing About On-Street Busways (DNA)
- Errol Louis: Placard Enforcement Is a Joke in This Town (News)
- 2nd Ave Subway Daily Ridership Up to 176,000 — MTA Adding One Roundtrip Run Per Day (AMNY, DNA)
- Amtrak Won’t Relinquish Penn Station; Cuomo Mulling LIE Bus Lanes For Displaced LIRR Riders (Post 1, 2)
- Evergreen Headline: “My Subway Commute This Morning Sucked” (Gothamist)
- You Know Your Transit System’s in Desperate Straits When People Think Wall Street Can Help (Crain’s)
- DOT Dump Truck Driver Runs Over and Kills Man in Midtown (Post, News)
- Tickets for Speeding and Texting Are Up in 2017. What Impact Is That Making? (Post)
- NYPD Stonewalling Request for Race and Location Data on Fare Evasion Arrests (DNA)
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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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