Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:53 AM EDT on October 30, 2017
- Gelinas: De Blasio Traffic Plan “a Protection Racket” for Placard Holders and Midtown Builders (Post)
- Five Years Ago, Superstorm Sandy Flooded Subway Stations and Tunnels (AMNY)
- The MTA Will Be Fixing and Fortifying the Subways for a Long Time to Come (NY1)
- Lhota Creates New MTA Division to Respond to Storms, Heat Waves, and Blackouts (Post)
- Environmental Justice Advocates March Over Brooklyn Bridge Demanding Action on Climate (News)
- Queens Chronicle Led By Unreconstructed “War on Cars” Reactionaries
- Related: Chronicle Coverage of Cross Bay Blvd Bus Lanes, SBS Expansion, Northern Blvd Bike Lane
- NYC Transit Riders Could Have It Worse — We Could Live in Some Other American City (AMNY, Post)
- Schumer Rips MTA for Slow Pace of Positive Train Control Installation (Post)
- The Cuozz Wrote a Subway Rant That Almost Makes Sense (Post)
- NYPD Can’t Keep a Good Bike Joust Down (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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