Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:53 AM EDT on September 5, 2017
- Siena Poll: 65% of Voters Think Cuomo’s Doing a Bad Job on Transit (News)
- Heastie: Millionaires Tax Should Fund Healthcare and Education, Not Just Transit (News)
- What Happened to Lhota’s MTA Overhaul Plan? Michael Gianaris Wants to Know (News)
- De Blasio Supports Bill to More Evenly Distribute Garbage Truck Traffic (Politico)
- Might Be Tough to Get a Grant for Woodhaven Blvd Select Bus Service From Trump’s DOT (QChron)
- Melinda Katz Should Be Calling for Shorter Crossings on 111th Street, Not Traffic Signals (QChron)
- Driver Strikes and Kills Cyclist Chaim Miller, 28, on Ocean Parkway (Yeshiva World)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Man on Hutchinson River Parkway (News)
- Man Reverses Van Into Staten Island Laundromat at Speed, Injuring 5; NYPD: Accident! (NY1, Post)
- The Summer Wasn’t Actually That Hellish for Penn Station Commuters (News, NYT, NY1)
- There’s a Net Outflow of Citi Bike Trips From the Upper West Side (Post)
- People You Share the Road With (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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