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9:15 AM EST on November 20, 2009

    • The U.S.-China Electric Car Pact Won't Do a Thing to Improve Energy-Efficient City Living (Dot Earth)
    • Chicago Alderman: We Shoulda Raised Meter Rates Ourselves and Kept the Cash (NYT/CNC)
    • Jeep Driver Kills Brooklyn Grandmother One Block From Her Home; No Charges Filed (Post)
    • Where Is Transit Ridership Increasing the Most in America? (Planetizen)
    • Subway Groping, Sexual Harassment Are Worst Where Trains Are Most Crowded (City Room)
    • TLC to Launch Cab-Sharing at Three Locations Next Month (News)
    • California Wants to Make Pay-as-You-Drive Insurance Happen (TreeHugger)
    • "Brooklyn Speaks" Files Its First Lawsuit Against Atlantic Yards (Bklyn Paper, News)
    • City, Port Authority Have No Money for a New West Side Bus Garage (Chelsea Now)
    • Port Authority Eyes Switch to Totally Cashless Tolling (NY1)

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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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