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TLC Preparing Two Pilot Programs for Cab Ride Sharing (NYT, News, Post) MTA Board Chair, Interim CEO Both Angling for New Transit Chief Job (News) Business Is Booming for Street Vendors Along Pedestrian Broadway (Post) Sunset Park Car Owners Want Relaxed Alt-Side Parking Rules Too (News) Vanderbilt Ave in Prospect Heights Will Get Summer Streets … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:03 AM EDT on May 28, 2009

TLC Preparing Two Pilot Programs for Cab Ride Sharing (NYT, News, Post)
MTA Board Chair, Interim CEO Both Angling for New Transit Chief Job (News)
Business Is Booming for Street Vendors Along Pedestrian Broadway (Post)
Sunset Park Car Owners Want Relaxed Alt-Side Parking Rules Too (News)
Vanderbilt Ave in Prospect Heights Will Get Summer Streets Treatment This June (Bklyn Paper)
Feds Approve Two New Transit Corridors for Houston (Transport Politic)
Matthew Modine: Cars Are the New Cigarettes (HuffPo via Carfree USA)
New Mapping Tool Lets You Compare Carbon Footprint of Different Locations (Sightline Daily)
Paul Krugman’s a Fan of the New Times Square (NYT)
Bank Robber Escapes on Getaway Bicycle (Bello Velo via Streetsblog.net)

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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