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By Ben Fried

9:15 AM EDT on April 2, 2010

Urban Livability Seeping Into Cable News Coverage — Check Out This CNN Feature
Transport for London IDs 140 Traffic Signals That Could Be Removed (Transport Xtra)
Another Breed of Fake Placard: MTA Vests Get Parking Agents to Back Off (News)
The Cross Bronx: It’s Loud, Polluting, Terrible for Kids, and Weird Human Interest Fodder for the Times
Before the Interstates, America Had the World’s Fastest Trains (Progressive Fix via Infrastructurist)
Urban Omnibus Talks to RPA About the Meaning of Urban Innovation
The “THINK City” Electric Car — The Future of NYC’s Vehicle Fleet? (Brooklyn Paper)
New Bowery Median Will Make a Dangerous Street Somewhat Less Dangerous (Downtown Express)
Remembering an East Harlem Corner Before the Triborough (Harlem Bespoke)
Does NYPD Have the Guts to Enforce Traffic in Bunny Costumes? (The 818 via @naparstek)

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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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