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By Ben Fried

8:51 AM EDT on September 13, 2011

It’s Election Day and the Polls Are Open (MTR, News)
Health Commish: Slowing Traffic Can Reduce Fatal and Severe Injuries to NYC Kids (News)
Popular Union Square Public Space Improvements Get the Grynbaum Treatment (City Room)
Forget Albany — High School Students Are Bankrupting the MTA! (News)
Newsday to Albany: More Red Light Cams for Long Island and NYC, Please
Security Theater Unbearable to the Post When It’s Cars Getting Stopped
Revenge of the Dinkins Commissioners Continues (Post)
Inclusion of PRT Sullies Credibility of WSJ‘s “How to Green Your City” List
File Under “Good Problems to Have”: Copenhagen’s Bike Congestion (Guardian)
Damned Bike Lanes (Bklyn Paper)

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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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