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8:59 AM EDT on October 19, 2009

    • Paterson's Austerity Budget Takes Away $113 Million From MTA (NYT)
    • News Sees No Reason to Ban Distracted Taxi Driving
    • The Times Is Fed Up With Albany
    • The Post Is Fed Up With Jaywalkers
    • Curb Crunch: Even Rolls Owners Jockey for Free Parking These Days (Post)
    • In Praise of Pedicabs (NYT)
    • Dramatized Version of Taconic Crash Is Coming to the Small Screen (Post)
    • SI Man Crushed to Death Navigating Out of Tight Parking Spot (News)
    • LaHood Shows Love, But Not Money, for Twin Cities' Green Transport Hub (Forbes)
    • New on Google Street View: Pics of Car-Free Places (PC World)

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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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