Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:58 AM EDT on August 29, 2017
- You Can Totally Trust Chris Christie When He Says NJ Transit’s Not a Patronage Mill (Politico)
- MTA Operations Execs Scrambling as Directives Come Down From Lhota (News)
- “Dockless” Bike-Share — the Times Is on It
- Truck Driver Strikes and Kills Man on Clearview Expressway (QNS, TL)
- EDC Launches Northwest Queens-to-Manhattan Ferry Route (NYT, AMNY)
- De Blasio Still Intrigued By Notion of Tourist-Only Fares to Ride Staten Island Ferry (AMNY, NY1)
- Staten Island Police Charging Kids With Reckless Endangerment for Bike Stunts (Advance)
- New York Is Going to Miss Julissa Ferreras (News, Post)
- Commute to Penn Station? WNYC Wants to Hear About Your Summer
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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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