Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:53 AM EST on November 14, 2017
- Riders Abandoning Unreliable Subways and Buses in Droves (News, AMNY)
- Meanwhile — Hey You, Check Out This Shiny Streetcar (News, AMNY, Bklyner)
- Greg David: Congestion Pricing “the Right Thing to Do for Poorer New Yorkers” (Crain’s)
- Someone Tell NY1 There’s Always an Adjustment Period After a New Street Design Goes Live
- Hit-and-Run SUV Driver Critically Injures Man in Crosswalk on 14th Street at Union Square (News, Post)
- Man, 69, Dies of Injuries Inflicted By Driver Two Weeks Ago; Police and Press Blame Victim (News)
- Amtrak Will Take 3 Penn Station Tracks Offline for Repairs in January (AMNY)
- Williamsburg Residents Ask Why MTA Went With Polluting Diesel Buses for L Replacement Service (NY1)
- Bricks Always Loose on Windsor Terrace’s Main Street Sidewalk (Bklyn Paper)
- LeBron and the Cavs Paid Subway Tribute (AMNY) and the New York Transit Gods Were Pleased (AP)
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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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