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By Ben Fried

9:13 AM EDT on July 27, 2009

Ray Kelly Writes to Albany and Says Nothing About the Need to Crack Down on Traffic Crime (News)
New York Area Can’t Put Together Enough $ to Repair Decrepit Existing Roads (NYT, NYT, NYT)
Eight Dead in Wrong-Way Crash on Taconic Parkway Entrance Ramp (NYT, News, Post)
Head-On Collision on Montauk Highway Kills Three; Drag Racing Suspected (News, Post)
A Bogus Parking Placard Still Fakes Out Enforcers, Despite Reforms (Post)
Schumer Intros Bill to Ban Texting By Transit Operators, So Can the Feds Ban TWD Too? (NY1, Post)
This Is Who We Trust With Driver’s Licenses in America (AMNY)
MTR Makes the Case for Red Light Cams
Cap’n Transit: Let’s Shrink Sprawlsville, Not Walkable Urban Areas (via Streetsblog.net)
BikeSnobNYC, Just a Nobody Who Pals Around With Lance (NYT)

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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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