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9:13 AM EDT on March 31, 2009

    • Albany Attempting to Fund Transit and Avoid Bridge Tolls (NYT, Post)
    • Obama Admin Takes Firmer Approach With GM and Chrysler (NYT, NYT, WSJ, Yglesias)
    • Brooklyn Bridge Face-Lift Headlines List of NYC Stim Projects (News, Post)
    • Pols 'Protest' MTA Doomsday Measures at City Hall (Bklyn Eagle)
    • Without Rescue Package MTA Would Cut 3,000 Positions (News)
    • Rental Housing on the Rise in the Exurbs (WSJ)
    • How Much High-Speed Rail Does $8 Billion Buy? (MSNBC)
    • CA Bill Would Set the Stage for Mileage Tax (Streetsblog SF)
    • WashCycle Wades Into the Bike PR Debate
    • Albuquerque Getting a Bike Bridge Across Rio Grande (Bike ABQ via Streetsblog.net)
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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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