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By Ben Fried

8:59 AM EST on January 23, 2012

Four Dyker Heights Pedestrians Hospitalized in Two Separate Crashes Yesterday (News)
Drivers Smash Into Each Other at Broadway and 97th, Injuring Pedestrian (DNA)
Advantage for TWU in Contract Negotiations: MTA Can’t Threaten Thousands of Layoffs (NYT)
Now’s Your Chance to Weigh in on the Future of Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue (Patch)
Felix Salmon: 2,000 New Cabs Could Pop the Taxi Medallion Bubble
Christie and Cuomo Team Up to Keep Driving Cheap for Staten Islanders (Post)
MTA Rebuffs Council Member’s Offer to Fund Direct Shuttle Buses While 7 Service Is Out (Post)
Parking Obsessed City Council Tops MTR‘s List of Last Week’s Losers
Cap’n Transit: Make Navy Street a Real Street, Not a Stroad (and Give to Streetsblog)
One More Reason Marty Markowitz Should Stop Parking on Borough Hall Plaza (Post)

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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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