Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:56 AM EDT on October 16, 2017
- It’s Not Just Capital Costs — MTA Operating Costs Much Higher Than Peer Agencies (Curbed)
- CBC: Tappan Zee Tolls Will Have to Double to Cover Costs of Cuomo’s Mega-Bridge (News)
- Trust Chris Christie and Donald Trump — Federal Funding for Gateway Is Definitely Coming (Politico)
- Report: NYPD’s Brooklyn Fare Evasion Arrests Target Black Neighborhoods (AMNY)
- Teamster Sets the Record Straight on Why NYC Needs Commercial Waste Carting Reform (C&S)
- DOT Starts Up Public Process for Next Phase of Queens Blvd Bike Lanes; Koslowitz Wavering (QChron)
- As DOT Plans Faster Bus Rides on Cross Bay Boulevard, Queens CB 10 Groans (QChron)
- Staten Island Express Bus Riders Now Have a Speedier Trip Across the Verrazano (DNA)
- MTA Opens the Revamped Bay Ridge Ave R Train Station, But It’s Still Not ADA-Accessible (News)
- Man Steals Mercedes, Injures 8 in Crash on Belt Parkway, Flees on Foot (Post)
- How Not to Recover a Stolen Bike (Gothamist)
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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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