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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

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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