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By Ben Fried

9:00 AM EDT on May 3, 2011

Sadik-Khan: NYC Travel Patterns Challenge Albany to Resolve the Problem of Transit Funding (NYT)
Gale Brewer Backs Away From Car-Free Prospect Park Proposal (Bklyn Star)
Markowitz Logic: DOT Runs Roughshod Over Communities By Heeding Community Board Votes (L Mag)
Connecticut Budget Deal Raises Many Taxes, But Not the One on Motor Vehicle Fuel (NYT)
High-Profile Crashes Haven’t Made a Dent in Intercity Bus Ridership (Transpo Nation)
Turkish Bid to Build “Taxi of Tomorrow” Looking Like More of a Longshot (Bklyn Paper)
Cap’n Transit: More Transit Spending Isn’t Necessarily Better for Transit
Chrysler Is Building the Dream Vehicle for 34th Street NIMBYs (The Onion)
Cop: Stoned Chris Simms Was Speeding Down Houston Street Before Traffic Stop (News)
Congrats to TSTC on Some Well-Deserved Recognition From the EPA (MTR)

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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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