Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:52 AM EST on December 4, 2017
- Driver Kills One, Injures Several in Murderous Rage Over Parking Spot (NYT, Post, News)
- No Pedestrians or Cyclists Have Been Killed on Queens Boulevard in Three Years (NYT)
- Gelinas: Fix the MTA, Don’t Make the Bureaucracy More Complex (Post)
- What’s the Best Way to Speed Subway Repairs and Provide Round-the-Clock Service? (AMNY, 2AS)
- One Common Sense Fix and Three Duds to Turn Around the Subways (Post)
- Daily News: NYC’s Inaccessible Subways and Cabs “Unacceptable”
- Hoylman: Tour Bus Regulation “Riddled With Loopholes, Contradictions and Lower Standards” (News)
- New Yorkers Will Stroll the Same Old Street Fairs in 2018 (Post)
- NYPD Officers Injured By Drivers in Two Separate Collisions This Weekend (Post 1, 2)
- Envisioning a Greenway Linking Flushing Meadows and Alley Pond Park (QChron)
- A Brooklyn Company Is Selling Countdown Clocks You Can Check Before Heading Underground (News)
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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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