Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

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By Ben Fried

8:55 AM EST on February 6, 2018

RPA’s Dropping New Research Explaining High MTA Capital Costs and How to Fix Them (NYT)
Alec Baldwin Called Up Brian Lehrer to Talk About MTA Construction Bloat (WNYC)
Riders Alliance Heads to Albany Next Week to Demand a Transit Turnaround (Gotham Gazette)
Phil O’Reilly Might Be Alive If Union Turnpike Wasn’t Designed for Lethal Driving Speeds (QChron)
Flimsy Barricades Fail to Keep Scofflaw Motorists Out of Prospect Park (Bklyn Paper)
Suicidal Despair From a Driver in the Hyper-Competitive For-Hire Vehicle Industry (News, Post, Politico)
Treating Fare Evasion More Like a Parking Ticket Isn’t Draconian Enough for Lhota (Post, News, AMNY)
De Blasio and Cuomo Didn’t Break New Ground on Transit Fixes in Face-to-Face Meeting (Politico)
From His Perch in Albany, Jeff Klein Wants to Dictate City Hall’s Contributions to MTA (AMNY)
The MTA Figured Out How to Make Its MetroCard Machine Update Way Less Disruptive (AMNY)
Damned E-Bikes (Bowery Boogie)

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Ben Fried

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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