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By Ben Fried

9:02 AM EDT on September 9, 2010

Obama Touches Briefly on Infrastructure in Combative Campaign Season Speech (NYT, TPM)
33,000 People Died on American Roads in 2009, and That’s Considered a Success (AP)
Ex-Cop Who Drove Drunk, Killed Vionique Valnord Pleads Guilty, Gets 3 Months (CBS2, News, NYT)
Why’s the 2nd Ave Subway Over Budget? Utility Work and Contracting Problems (NYT)
New York One of the Only States in the Union to Hook Legislators Up With Free Cars (Gannett)
MTA’s Service Change Posters Are Getting a Total Makeover (2nd Ave Sagas, News, NYT)
Where the Protected Lane Ends, 8th Ave Turns Into a Cyclist’s Nightmare (Guardrail)
Mark Your Calendar: Statewide Conference on New York’s Transpo Crisis, Albany, Sept. 21 (MTR)
Housing Wouldn’t Cost So Much If Density Weren’t Illegal (Yglesias)
Take It From a Real Estate Exec: “Friends Don’t Let Friends Move to the Suburbs” (Warburg)
Now on Broadway: Valet Bike Parking! (Gothamist)

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Ben Fried

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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