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8:27 AM EST on January 19, 2010

    • Kavanagh on East Side Bus Routes: Is Painting a Lane the Best We Can Do? (AMNY)
    • More About Jay Walder's Plan to 'Make Every Dollar Count' at the MTA (NY1, News, 2nd Ave Sagas)
    • MTA Set to Sign Off on Two Years of TWU Raises, But Not Three (News)
    • Will Nets Arena Desecrate the Sidewalk Just Like LIRR Terminal? ESDC Won't Say (Bklyn Paper)
    • Queens CB 2 Approves of Curbing the Construction of Curb Cuts (Queens Chron)
    • Newsflash: Flushing Motorists Obsessed With Parking (News)
    • State Agencies Still Sending Traffic Alerts via Text (News)
    • NYT's Excellent 'Driven to Distraction' Series Files Obligatory Entry on Texting Pedestrians
    • NYPD Traffic Planning, Circa 1924: Pave the East River! (Gothamist)
    • Joe Scarborough to Harold Ford: Real NYers Ride the Subway (MSNBC via TPM)

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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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