Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:54 AM EDT on May 22, 2018
- MTA Chair Lhota Justifies Conflicts of Interest By Claiming He’s Not Actually an MTA Official (NYT)
- Previewing Andy Byford’s Upcoming Transit Overhaul Plan (Patch, News)
- NYC Transit Adding Service on A, D, E, F, and Seven Queens Bus Routes (AMNY, WNYC, QNS)
- Phil Murphy Moves to Revive Two-Headed Port Authority Executive Structure (Politico)
- MTA Expected to Slash Fares for LIRR Trips Between Atlantic Terminal and Brooklyn and Queens (AMNY)
- Also Coming to LIRR: New Switches, Cleaner Trains and Platforms (Post)
- Two Off-Duty NYPD Cops Die in Speeding One-Car Crash in Ulster County (News, Post)
- As Part of BQE Rehab, DOT May Stitch Van Voorhees Park Back Together (Bklyner)
- Daneek Miller Wants to Extend TLC Regulation to Cover Large Commuter Vans (TL)
- Tales of the Placard Class (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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