Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:45 AM EST on March 5, 2018
- Trump’s on a Mission to Block Federal Funding for Gateway (WaPo, NYT, News, WNYC)
- Gotta Be a Better Way to Cut Gateway Costs Than Turning It Into a One-Track Tunnel (Crain’s)
- How Many Crashes Could the MTA Prevent By Straightening Out Bus Routes? (Post)
- Daily News: Make Accessibility Integral to Next MTA Capital Plan
- March 25: Women Ride on Queens Blvd to Highlight NYC’s Cycling Gender Gap (AMNY)
- Driver Crashes Into Parked Cars in East Flatbush and Dies (News)
- Off-Duty MTA Bus Operator Drives Drunk and Smashes Up His BMW Outside Bronx Mall (News)
- Three New Mid-Block Crossings Coming to Steinway Street (TL)
- Queens CB1 Endorses Sidewalk Expansions Near New Astoria Ferry Landing (QChron)
- MTA Patches Up Weeping Sore in Bergen Street Station Wall (Bklyn Paper)
- Totally Good Faith Journalism, Not a Cynical Distraction From Public Safety Issues (Sunnyside Post)
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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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