Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:55 AM EDT on April 23, 2018
- Byford’s Bus Action Plan Calls for Citywide All-Door Boarding, Route Redesign, and More (AMNY)
- Still No Sign That Subway Reliability Is Getting Better (NY1)
- Desperate Cuomo Betting on Unproven Ultra-Wideband Radio to Replace Subway Signals (NYT)
- More Coverage of Friday’s Big Car-Free Central Park News (Politico, News, NYT, Post, WSJ)
- Driver Exiting Wagner College Parking Lot Critically Injures 2-Year-Old Walking With His Mom (Post)
- Video Shows Cops Running Heins Rodriguez Off His Bike Before Filing Trumped-Up Charges (News)
- Will the MTA Run Enough J/M/Z Trains to Keep Up During the L Shutdown? (Voice)
- Advocates Call for NYPD to Open Up Demographic Data on Turnstile Jumping Arrests (NY1)
- MTA Will Add Four Elevators at Astoria Boulevard N/W Station (TL)
- FDNY EMT Busted for Drunk Driving on BQE (Post)
- Placard Culture at Work (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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