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By Ben Fried

9:04 AM EDT on August 5, 2010

No End in Sight to America’s Obesity Epidemic (NYT)
Marty Markowitz to Tea Party: No One’s More Paranoid About Bikes Than Me (NY1)
Monserrate Refuses to Relinquish Parking Placard (Post)
Missed This From Last Week: Observer Reviews Jay Walder’s Tenure So Far (via 2nd Ave Sagas)
Another Overlooked Gem: Cap’n Transit Has a Nice Petition to Show the Working Families Party
Cell Service on Subway Platforms: Yea or Nay? (Post Says “Nay”)
Must Have Been a Slow Transit News Day (NY1)
New Haven Completes a Complete Streets Manual (MTR)
Prediction: Buses-on-Stilts-on-Guideways Will Never Work (HuffPo)
I’m Half Dreading, Half Looking Forward to This Bike Messenger vs. Corrupt Cop Flick (News)

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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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