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9:03 AM EDT on August 5, 2008

    • Obama Softens Stance on Drilling, Wants to Tap Strategic Petroleum Reserve (NYT, Gristmill)
    • Twelve City Council Members Request Investigation of NYPD's Tactics With Cyclists (Time's Up)
    • NYCT Lacks the Money to Fix Up Subway Stations (Post)
    • Horodniceanu: Fulton Transit Hub Will Keep 'Same Elegant Look' Despite Budget Crunch (News)
    • Straphangers Campaign, Working Families Party Re-Open 'Halt the Hike' Website (News)
    • 'Jimmy Justice' Aims Digicam at Scofflaw Cops, But Mostly Catches Traffic Agents (Huff Post)
    • NJ Attorney General Caught Speeding (AP)
    • Could Streetcars Return to Hartford? (Courant)
    • Beijing's Curbs on Traffic, Pollution Pique Interest of Atmospheric Scientists (AP)
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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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