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8:59 AM EDT on May 17, 2012

    • NYPD Traffic and Parking Enforcement on Track for Eight-Year Low (Post)
    • Willets Point Mega-Development Shifts From Mixed-Use Plan to Suburban Mess (NYT, WSJ)
    • Some Day We'll Look Back on the Silliness Before Bike-Share Launched and Have a Laugh (GGW)
    • Ten MTA Employees to Face Charges for Signal Inspection Fraud (News)
    • Sloppy Reporting From NY1 on the Fourth Ave/Sunset Park Pedestrian Safety Plan
    • Manhattan CB 3 Committee Approves Seward Park Redevelopment in Contentious Vote (LoDown)
    • With Interest Rates Hitting Rock Bottom, Refinancing MTA Debt Could Work Out Well -- Or Not (MTR)
    • In Bizarro NYC, City Council Makes Sure Drivers Pay for the Parking They Use (Post)
    • DOT to Seek CB 4 Approval for Megabus Curbside Pick-Up By Port Authority (DNA)
    • On the Plus Side, Maybe This Will Remind More People to Take the Train to the Game (B'stoner)

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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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