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9:05 AM EDT on April 12, 2011

    • Media Making Sport of Speculating About JSK's Future (NY1, Post)
    • Dom Recchia Prevails on DOT Not to Change the Dangerous Status Quo on Bay Ridge Parkway (Post)
    • Will NYPD Ever Use Its License Plate Cams to Catch Drivers Who Maim and Kill? (NYT)
    • Indy Dems Repeat Call for Forensic Audit of MTA (LoHud)
    • DOT Adds a Batch of 43 New Pedestrian Countdown Clocks (Transpo Nation)
    • The Christie Era Keeps Getting Worse for NJ Pedestrians and Transit Riders (MTR)
    • What If the Subways Went Back to a Zone-Based Fare? (2nd Ave Sagas)
    • Note: Streetsblog Never Lumped Norm Steisel Together With Hitler (Gothamist)
    • Edifying History Lesson From Bike Snob Buried Deep in This Post
    • Damned Bike Lanes (Post)

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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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