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By Ben Fried

9:02 AM EST on February 15, 2011

Parking Rules Will Be Centerpiece of Quinn’s State of the City Speech Today (NYT, Post)
The National Progressive Media Gets the Transformation of NYC Streets Under JSK (Alternet)
What Political Plum Will Jim Walden Get After Working Pro Bono for Chuck Schumer‘s Wife? (Bklyn Paper)
Early Favorite for Phrase of the Decade: “Eating Our Seed Corn” (NYT)
Is It Snow That Makes Park Slope Buses Bunch Up, or the Traffic and Fare Collection? (Bklyn Paper)
With DMV Rule Change, Drivers Caught on Cell Phones Will Rack Up Two Points on License (Gothamist)
Midtown Biz Owners Thrilled at Prospect of More Transit Riders Coming From Jersey (DNAInfo)
A Trans-Hudson Tunnel Will Be Tough to Build With a Tea Party House (Crain’s)
Biggest Challenge for Cab-Sharing Is Making It Comfortable (Crain’s)
Brooklyn Spoke Picks Apart Adam Lisberg’s Piece on 311 and Bike Complaints

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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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