Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:53 AM EST on January 2, 2018
- Inside the Subway Construction Racket That Robs New Yorkers Blind (NYT)
- Daily News to Cuomo: Fix Transit With Congestion Pricing and Cost Control
- NRDC and the Nation to de Blasio: Time to Throw Your Weight Behind Move NY Toll Reform
- TransitCenter: Pair Congestion Pricing With Improvements to Subway and Bus Service
- An “Uber Fee” Is Necessary But Not Sufficient to Clear Manhattan Gridlock (NYT, News)
- Jeff Klein and the IDC Unveil Their Plan to Stall Action on Congestion Pricing (AMNY)
- Gateway Update: Trump Yanks the Football Away From Cuomo and Christie (Crain’s, News)
- Will Subway Station Agents Adapt and Work Outside the Booth? (NYT)
- BQX vs. BQE (Bklyn Paper)
- Meet the People Who Have No Business Shaping the City’s L Train Shutdown Plan (Villager)
- FDNY Bypasses Midtown Gridlock With Mini-Ambulances (NYT)
- De Blasio’s E-Bike Crackdown Is a National Disgrace (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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