Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:59 AM EDT on August 1, 2017
- Truck Drivers Working for Action Carting Have Killed Five People in NYC Since 2008 (DNA)
- City Hall’s Bike Strategy Should Be a Lot Bolder Than 10 Miles of Protected Bike Lanes a Year (Gothamist)
- NYPD Needs to Turn Over a New Leaf and Change Its Approach to Cyclist Safety (CityLimits)
- Cuomo Might Move His Man Pat Foye From Port Authority to MTA (Politico)
- NYC Dems Turn to Jelly When Asked to Call Out Cuomo for Transit Crisis, Except Jumaane Williams (Voice)
- Add to the List of Political Players Uninterested in Helping Riders: Rory Lancman (Crain’s), TWU (NY1)
- The City Doesn’t Run the MTA, But the Mayor’s Taking a Hit in the Polls Anyway (Crain’s, News)
- Will Pressure to Fix the Subways Give Congestion Pricing Political Momentum? (C&S)
- Just What the MTA Needs — an Easy Mark in Charge of Procurement (Post)
- Car Passenger Dies of Injuries Sustained in Drunk Driving Crash (News)
- Read Part Two of Danielle Davis’s Account of Losing Her Sister Lauren to Traffic Violence (Medium)
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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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