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By Ben Fried

9:01 AM EST on November 11, 2009

Real Estate Report: The Future Belongs to Urbanism, Not Sprawl (Switchboard)
Weiner: I Coulda Beat Bloomberg (NYT)
Tish James on Improving NYC’s Most Unreliable Bus: “Balance the Interests on Both Sides” (Post)
Secure On-Street Space Is the Next Frontier for NYC Bike Parking (City Room)
Bank on the Biking Biz — It’s Recession-Proof (WNYC)
Nicole Gelinas: MTA Labor Negotiations Need More Sunlight (Post)
Disturbing History of Bus Driver Who Killed Seth Kahn (News)
NYCT Disciplining More Bus Drivers for Txting-While-Driving (NY1)
NY State to Raise $ Thru New License Plate Gimmick (NYT, Post)
Alice Rivkin: We’ve Got to Raise Infrastructure $ Thru Real Fees on Driving (Streetsblog Cap Hill)

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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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