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9:00 AM EDT on June 18, 2008

    • McCain Lays Out Energy Plan, Calls for Offshore Drilling (Boston Globe)
    • Blumenauer: Obama Meeting Was 'Coming of Age Moment' for Bike Advocates (Bike Portland)
    • Assembly Dems to Push for Windfall Profits Tax on Oil Companies (Newsday)
    • Short on Funds, MTA Expects Not to Go Forward With Service Enhancements (News)
    • News: Sander's Raise Shows MTA Is 'Tone-Deaf'
    • New York Metro Area Has America's Worst Traffic Bottlenecks (NY1, Newsday)
    • NYPD Plans Ticket Blitz on Illegal Parking and Fake Placards Today (Post)
    • 'South Bronx Initiative' to Add Bus Service and Invest in Commercial Districts (News, Sun, Post)
    • Drivers Spurning Premium Grade Gas in Favor of Regular (NYT)
    • A Useful Wayfinding Poster You'll Never See in the Subway (2nd Ave Sagas)
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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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