Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:49 AM EDT on October 17, 2017
- Another Day, Another Signal Problem Blowing Up Service on 8 Subway Lines (DNA, AMNY, Gothamist)
- The LIRR Was a Mess During the PM Rush for Good Measure (DNA)
- MTA Claims It’s Making Progress on Reducing Sky-High Capital Costs (News, AMNY, NY1)
- Christie Offering $7 Billion in Tax Breaks to Lure Amazon — Too Bad He Let NJ Transit Fall Apart (NYT)
- Box Truck Driver Backing Out of Loading Bay Kills Woman, 64, at Canarsie Warehouse (DNA)
- Police Van Driver Runs Over Kid With Machete, Fracturing His Pelvis (News)
- A Start-Up Is Measuring the Stress of Biking NYC Streets Using Biosensors (NYT)
- MTA Cutting Back on Overnight Station Cleaning Despite Risk of Track Fires (Post)
- We’re About to Find Out If a Privately-Financed Staten Island-Bayonne Gondola Is Feasible (Advance)
- What, No Bus Lanes or Bike Lanes in Kalman Yeger’s Neighborhood Traffic Plan? (Yeshiva World)
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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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