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8:59 AM EDT on June 20, 2017

    • Cuomo's Summer Penn Station Plan: Punish Amtrak, Cut LIRR Fares (News, AMNY, NY1)
    • Daily News All in on Moynihan Station; Gov Admits "a Train Hall Is Only as Good as the Tracks" (Politico)
    • Good Morning! Welcome to Your Daily Hell of Subway Commuting (WNBC)
    • Ben Kabak Tells Slate Why the Subways Are a Mess; Village Voice Lists 5 Ways to Fix Them
    • Riders Frustrated With Bad Service Are Taking It Out on Transit Workers (NYT)
    • Big Rig Driver Kills Man Crossing Flatlands Ave in Canarsie (News)
    • Broad Authorization for Design-Build May Not Make It Out of the Albany Swamp This Session (NYT)
    • More on Gianaris's Bill to Tax the Rich to Fund Transit (AMNY)
    • F Train Fiasco Prompts MTA to Switch From Pre-Recorded to Live Service Announcements (DNA, AMNY)
    • Queens CB 6 Is Going to Fight a Route Change to the Q23 (DNA)
    • Sincere Effort to Keep Cars Off an UES Block, or Stealth Campaign to Boot a Bike Lane and Citi Bike Station? (DNA)

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Ben Fried
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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