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By Ben Fried

8:54 AM EDT on May 11, 2010

Drum Major Institute to Feds: Stop the War on Cities (Times Union)
SI Rep Janelle Hyer-Spencer Masters MTA Blame Game (SAS)
Turning City Bus Kills Queens Grandmother in Ozone Park (Post)
Four Crossing Guards Hired to Help Peds Endangered By West Street Traffic (Tri Trib)
Vacca Intros Bill Requiring TLC to Disclose Cabbie Summonses Each Month (Post)
Got a Question About Robert Moses? Ask Author Roberta Gratz (City Room)
Pedestrian-Hater Andrea Peyser: “Real NYers” Love Wal-Mart (Post)
Soon India Will Have a Second Ultra-Cheap Car Hogging Space on Chaotic Streets (Wheels)
Parking Reform Politics: How to Bribe Our Way Out of Parking Minimums (Yglesias)
San Francisco Gets Its First Green Bike Lane (Streetsblog SF)

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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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