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By Ben Fried

9:07 AM EDT on August 26, 2010

Sales of New Single-Family Homes Drop to an All-Time Low (Observer)
Vornado’s Promises to Improve Penn Station Help Win Approval for Midtown Tower (NYT)
Rejoice: Seatless Subways Are Off the Table (News)
Brooklyn Paper Comes to the Defense of Ghost Bikes
Post Gets Excited About Brooklyn Resident’s BQE Tunnel Proposal
Scooter Riders Seem to Think It’s Reasonable to Motor in the Bike Lane (Transpo Nation)
Council Looks to Ban Big Rigs From Parking on Residential Streets (CBS2)
LIRR Riders Still Feeling Aftershock of Equipment Failure (News)
Beijing Is Building a Great Wall of Cars (The Hindu via @tomvanderbilt)
Everything That’s Wrong With NY State Transpo and Planning Policy in 143 Words (Rochester NBC)

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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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