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By Ben Fried

9:01 AM EDT on July 26, 2010

Car Dependence and Prescription Drugs Don’t Mix (NYT)
Weiner, Krugman Give Climate Bill Post-Mortems (WNYC, NYT)
The Times Examines the Effect of America’s Huge Transit Repair Backlog
Emanuel: Obama Now Considering “Infrastructure Rebuilding Bill” (WSJ)
Subway Reliability Down, Ridership Up (NY1)
Schumer Pushing to Maintain Transit Commuter Tax Break (News)
Merchants Rally for Excessive Subsidized Parking at Flushing Commons (NY1)
Alison Arieff Picks Some Favorite Entries from the Better Burb Contest
Schneiderman Bill Would Make It Impossible to Tow Parking Scofflaws (News)
NYPD Issued 21,136 Tickets for Riding on the Sidewalk Last Year (News)
New York’s New Soccer Star Takes the Train to Game (Capital NY)

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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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