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8:49 AM EDT on June 5, 2009

    • Michigan Gov to White House: Turn Car Factories Into Train Factories (Infrastructurist)
    • Bill Thompson Joins Foes of Chatham Square Safety Improvements (Villager)
    • Privatizing Roads and Infrastructure -- Was It Just a Fad? (NYT)
    • Chicago Could Have Gotten Bigger Payout on Its Parking Meter Deal With Morgan Stanley (HuffPo)
    • New York State Drivers Rate Dead Last in Knowledge of Rules of the Road (Post)
    • 21-Year-Old Driver Flips Car Into Two Flushing Homes, Dies in Crash (Gothamist)
    • Ratner Scraps Gehry Design for Atlantic Yards (NYT, News, Brooklyn Paper)
    • Subway Cell Service Not Happening Soon (NY1)
    • State DOT Disgrace: Engineers Say Widen Dangerous New Haven Road in Name of Safety (NH Indy)
    • This Is a Great Interview With a Cycling Grandma (LGRB 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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