Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:54 AM EDT on June 11, 2018
- Daily News: Failure to Reauthorize Speed Cameras “Would Be Downright Criminal”
- Marty Golden Busy in Albany Trying to Gut Accessibility Rules for Uber Et Al (Politico)
- Drunk Trash Hauler Veers Off Street, Pulverizing Sidewalk, Trees, Cars in Borough Park (Post, News)
- Once Approved, Fair Fares Shouldn’t Take Long to Implement (WNYC)
- Brooklyn Spoke: Present Street Safety Projects to Community Boards, But Don’t Seek Permission
- Cop Who Drove Drunk and Killed Vanessa Raghubar Released After 4 Months in Jail (NYT)
- Rumor Mill: Uber Might Outbid Lyft to Acquire Motivate (Axios)
- Looks Like Times Were Tight at Ben’s Best Deli Before the New Bike Lane Showed Up (News)
- Drivers Can’t Figure Out That the Bike Signal at 3rd Street and PPW Isn’t for Them (Bklyn Paper)
- LOL Nothing Matters (Atlantic)
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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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