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By Ben Fried

8:59 AM EDT on March 12, 2012

Lhota: There’s No Escaping the 2013 Fare Hike (NBC via 2nd Ave Sagas)
School Bus Cuts Force Kids to Cross Hellish Queens Streets (Q Chron)
Parks Officers Handed Out 188 Tickets to Prospect Park Cyclists in Four Months (Bklyn Paper)
Pols Still Aren’t Done With Their Kabuki Act Following Port Authority Toll Hikes (NY1)
City: Let’s Upgrade Ped/Bike Bridge to East River Esplanade; CB 8: How Dare You! (DNA)
Your Tax $ at Work: Car-Oriented Biz Incubator Fails in Queens (Post)
Post Bashes TWU, Doesn’t Mention MTA Debt Bomb
City Ramps Up Its Streets-as-Stormwater-Sponge Program (News)
We Always Knew Jeff Klein Thought He Was Above the Law (Post)
Times Opinion: America Needs to Get Teens Driving Again

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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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