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By
Ben Fried
9:05 AM EDT on April 26, 2011
- Sweetheart Deals to Build Parking Lots Keep on Coming (News)
- TLC Approves New Decal Reminding Cab Passengers to Look for Cyclists Before They Exit (City Room)
- Get Your Daily Dose of New York Post Bike Hate Right Here
- The Weekend’s Tabloid Bikelash in a Nutshell: “Hipster Bike Nazis Are Killing Grandma!” (Gothamist)
- Gas Tax Pandering Grips Albany Like It’s 2008 All Over Again (CapTon)
- Don’t Rule Out Record-Breaking Gas Prices This Summer (NY1)
- Turkish “Taxi of Tomorrow” Bidder Makes Its Play, Promises to Build Cars in Bklyn (Transpo Nation)
- Feds: Cost of WTC Transit Hub Could Reach $3.8 Billion (Bergen Record)
- Would-Be Bike Licensers Ulrich and DenDekker Still Hatching Plans? (Villager)
- Give This Man a Medal: Bronx DA Contested His Speeding Ticket But Didn’t Try to Get It Fixed (News)
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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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