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By Ben Fried

8:57 AM EST on November 19, 2010

Bloomberg Austerity Budget Raises Parking Rates, Furloughs 600 DOT Workers (NYT, Transpo Nation)
Ravitch Can’t Wait to Make His Transpo Funding Pitch to Cuomo (NY1)
Surreal: Michelle Obama Tells Kids to Get Active With Morgenthau, Kelly By Her Side (Gothamist)
More About the Subway Extension That Will Never Happen (NYT)
Meet the Neighborhood Opposition to Cross Harbor Freight Tunnel (Queens Chron)
Bloomberg Keeps Presidential Rumors Swirling, Comes Out for a Carbon Tax (WSJ)
Missed Randy Cohen’s Tour-de-Force @ Streetfilms Fundraiser? Get Fantastic Recap at Brooklyn Spoke
Cop Blocks Bike Lane Just Because It’s There (Gothamist)
Hawthorne Street Wants a Pop-up Café for Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Joy-Running Teens Wreak Havoc With Lincoln Tunnel Traffic (News)

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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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