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By Ben Fried

8:56 AM EDT on July 13, 2009

Raging Driver Kills Bronx Dad Crossing Street With Young Son, Injures 12 More (Post, News, NYT)
As of Yesterday, New York’s Toll System Makes Even Less Sense (News)
News: Finance Expert Jay Walder on Track to Head MTA; Sadik-Khan Approves
Gov’t-Backed GM Is Out of Bankruptcy and Hoping the New Camaros Keep Selling (NYT, WSJ)
Trend: Transit Agencies Outsourcing Service to Private Firms (WSJ – preview only)
The White House Office of Urban Policy Is Finally Getting Busy This Week (WaPo)
SI Pols Whip Up a Rally for “Improved” Roads (SI Advance)
Construction of Bleecker St. Subway Transfer Delayed By Unstable Building (AMNY)
Newark Couple Shuts Down the Boom-Car Business Next Door (Star-Ledger)
Public Space Management, NYPD-Style (Post)
Still on the Books: 1950s-era Ban on Bike Parking in Jacksonville CBD (Bike Jax via Streetsblog.net)

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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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