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7:52 AM EDT on March 17, 2009

    • Senate's 'Outside-the-Box' MTA Fix Will Have Agency Begging Again Within Months (NYT, News, NY1)
    • Bronx Commuters Flocking to Transit in Ridership Boom (News)
    • Paterson Says He Won't Trade Member Items for Ravitch Plan Votes (Post)
    • Water Main Break Puts Damper on South Ferry Station Opening (NYT, News, Post)
    • Carmakers on the Dole Still Splurging on DC Lobbyists (WaPo via Carfree USA)
    • Why Is Wisconsin Spending Big on Road Expansion? (Political Environment via Streetsblog.net)
    • Absent NYPD Enforcement, a Bunch of Clowns Crack Down on Bike Lane Blockers (Gothamist)
    • News: Abolish Beeps
    • Some Joker Is Hacking DOT's Electronic Road Signs (Gothamist, Post)
    • C-SPAN Has Fresh Senate Testimony on Sustainable Transport (via Grist)
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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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