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9:00 AM EST on January 22, 2009

    • More on Ray LaHood's Confirmation Hearing (WaPo, NYT, AP)
    • Hit-and-Run SUV Driver Kills Young Boy Crossing the Street in Canarsie (Post)
    • Senate Coalition to Push for More Transit Funding in Stimulus Bill... (Open Left)
    • ...So Can New York Have Its Second Senator Already? (Yglesias)
    • CNU: Use That Stimulus Cash to Create Connected Street Networks (Design NH via Streetsblog.net)
    • Ratner Tries to Renege on Transit Upgrades Promised in Atlantic Yards Deal (Post)
    • Sander Invokes '70s Decrepitude to Make Case for MTA Capital Plan, Ravitch Recs (NY1)
    • Broad Channel and Rockaways Dominate Queens MTA Hearing (NY1)
    • Donald Shoup Tackles Shoddy Sidewalk Conditions in Los Angeles (Streetsblog LA)
    • Inauguration Transpo Plan Holds Up as DC Metro Sets Ridership Record (Baltimore Sun, WaPo)
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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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