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8:58 AM EDT on July 14, 2009

    • Gov to Nominate Jay Walder for MTA Top Spot Today (News, Post, NY1)
    • Family and Friends Mourn Miguel Colon, Victim of Crazed Driver (NYT, News)
    • TA Report: Deadly Driving on the Rise as NYPD Fails to Enforce Traffic Laws (News)
    • Here's a Story on the NYC Bike Lane Boom, Written By a Cyclist (Bklyn Eagle)
    • Is Light Rail the Right Transit Mode for America's Metro Areas? (Citiwire)
    • Envisioning a Rail System for Central Ohio (Xing Columbus via Streetsblog.net)
    • New Orleans Considers Tearing Down Claiborne Expressway (Times-Pic via Planetizen)
    • NYC Renames a Block of Hudson Street After Jane Jacobs (City Room)
    • Bastille Day on Smith Street: Lots of Car-Free Pics Here (Pardon Me for Asking)
    • The Problem(s) With Your Standard Signalized Intersection (How We Drive)

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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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