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9:03 AM EDT on July 10, 2008

    • G8 Climate Summit Yields Few Concrete Goals to Curb Emissions (NYT)
    • DOT's Bike-Share Announcement Makes a Splash (NYT, Post, Sun, News)
    • In Parking Crackdown, NYPD Has Issued 1000 Summonses to Cops (Post)
    • Greenwich Village, Midwood to Be Testing Grounds for Peak Rate Parking (NYT)
    • City Comptroller: MTA Should Reconsider Capital Program Deferrals (Sun)
    • MTA Trims $5M More From Operating Budget (News, Post)
    • Letter to Albany: NYC Still Needs Congestion Pricing (NYT)
    • New York Recognized as 'Bike-Friendly Community' (Metro)
    • Brighton Subway Line Hailed as New York's Most Charming (Sun)
    • 'Middle-Class Homeless' Living Out of Their Cars (Breitbart via Carfree USA)
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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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