Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:55 AM EDT on April 9, 2018
- Cuomo Failed to Close on Congestion Pricing With NYC’s Car-Centric Assembly Reps (NYT)
- Taxi/Uber Fees Will Pay for Permanent Expansion of Subway Repair Workforce (News)
- Unreliable Subways Are Robbing New Yorkers of Their Time (NYT)
- Remembering Gelacio Reyes and Calling for Action to Prevent Loss of Life on 43rd and Skillman (WNYC)
- The Mayor’s Very Touchy About the Suggestion That the BQX Won’t Happen (News)
- Running NYC Transit Is Tough, But at Least You Don’t Have to Field 3 AM Calls From Rob Ford (Post)
- Freight Rail Poised to Grow in NYC Region Without Building a Harbor Tunnel (Crain’s)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Critically Injures Woman, 65, on Remsen Ave in East Flatbush (News)
- Ben Kabak Breaks Down the Flimsy Lawsuit Against the L Train Shutdown Plan (2nd Ave Sagas)
- How Nicole Gelinas Would Phase in Better Congestion Fees (CJ)
- Prepare for the L Train Outage With a TransAlt Bike Train (WPIX)
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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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