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9:02 AM EST on January 11, 2011

    • De Blasio Attacks Wal-Mart, Wants to Restrict Big Boxes in NYC (News)
    • City Planning Car-Centric Mess, With or Without Wal-Mart, at Southern Brooklyn Site (Bklyn Paper)
    • Charles Barron Works in Some Bike Lane Bashing at Blizzard Response Hearing (NYT)
    • 79-Year-Old Driver Kills 71-Year-Old Pedestrian in Bronx; Post Headline: "Car Kills Man"
    • Drunk Driver Who Killed Ysemny Ramos Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison (Post)
    • John Petro Surveys the Year Ahead for Transit Riders and the MTA (HuffPo)
    • Cuomo Holds His First Three-Men-in-a-Room Session (News, City Room)
    • NYC-to-Albany Scores Surprisingly High in Ranking of Potential HSR Routes (Transpo Nation)
    • Are London Streets Safe Enough to Meet the City's Bike-Share Targets? (Economist)
    • Writers in Miami and Chicago Clobber NYC Pundits When It Comes to Livable Streets Commentary

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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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