Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:47 AM EDT on August 17, 2018
- No End in Sight for the NJ Transit Horror Show (Bloomberg)
- Bicycle Delivery Workers Tell the Times About the Struggle and Risk of Their Jobs
- De Blasio Signs Waste Equity Bill Curbing Garbage Truck Traffic in Overburdened Neighborhoods (News)
- The Ultimate Power Move in Response to Albany Speed Cam Inaction: Ban Cars Near Schools (Curbed)
- Resign Yourself to Broiling on Subway Platforms Every Summer From Here on Out (Voice)
- Transit Scribe Dan Rivoli Talks MTA Politics With Brian Lehrer (WNYC)
- Can Broadway Junction Handle All the Transfers From Canarsie During the L Shutdown? (Gothamist)
- Dorothy Bruns’ Lawyer Expects Case to Go to Trial (Bklyn Paper)
- Here’s How Parking Meter Rate Adjustments Play in the Queens Chronicle
- SUV Driver Plows Into Tree in Pleasant Plains (Advance)
- Old, Bumpy, Bone-Rattling Belgian Blocks Must Never Be Despoiled, Decree DUMBO NIMBYs (Bklyn Paper)
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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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