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By
Ben Fried
9:00 AM EST on November 29, 2011
- Report: Albany Elections Strain the Definition of Democracy (News)
- GOP State Sen’s Prediction: Cuomo Will Decimate NYC Transit (Island Now)
- Boston Bike-Share Proving Skeptics Wrong; Now, If Only It Were Bigger… (Globe)
- Matt Chaban Reports on the New Slice of Public Space in East New York (Observer)
- Speeding Shore Road Traffic Strikes Fear in Bay Ridge Residents (Brooklyn Paper)
- Take a Video Tour of the Essex St. Trolley Terminal, Waiting to Be Reborn (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Bieber + Obama = NYC Carmaggeddon Tomorrow (News) …Or Not (DNAinfo)
- David Seifman Gives a Megaphone to Spurned DOT Job Applicant (Post)
- WNYC Heads Under Second Avenue for an Interview With Father-Son Sandhogs
- Check Out How the Times Covers a New Bike Lane — the L.A. Times, That Is
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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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