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By Ben Fried

9:04 AM EDT on March 16, 2011

Q Poll: Bloomberg Approval at Eight-Year Low (News)
Daily News Smirks Over Watered-Down 34th Street Plans; Bashes JSK for Good Measure
Bike Lanes Don’t Get Any Better Than the One on Prospect Park West (Patch)
Norm Steisel and Iris Weinshall No Longer the Spokespeople for NBBL, For Some Reason (Patch)
If You Erase a Popular Project That Works Very Well, Can You Call That a “Compromise”? (Bklyn Paper)
Northeast Corridor Now Eligible to Receive Florida’s Forsaken HSR Money (Transpo Nation)
In SF, Bloomberg Sticks Up for JSK and Street Redesigns: “The Key Is Pedestrian Safety” (Bay Guardian)
DOT Big: Downtown Brooklyn a Key Location for Future NYC Bike-Share (Bklyn Paper)
Warning: Reading This NY Post Story on the Central Park Bike Crackdown May Raise Your Blood Pressure
Road Pricing, Ray Kelly Style: NYPD Wants a Cut From Marathons and Bike Rides (Post)
There’s Less Speeding on I-95 in the Bronx Than on the Old PPW (NYT)
Crazy 70 mph Speeder Who Hurt Two Cops Might Have Been a Cop Himself (Patch)
NYC’s Bike Backlash Capo Is the Top Communicator for National Dems; Read the Glowing NYT Profile
Parking Geeks, Rejoice! Data From Groundbreaking SFPark About to Start Rolling In (Streetsblog SF)

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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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