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9:00 AM EDT on September 11, 2012

    • Kill Someone With Your Car and NYPD Won't Even Give You a Ticket (NYT)
    • Bike Through a Red in Central Park? Different Story (Gothamist)
    • Vito Lopez Investigation Will Look at Silver, Schneiderman, DiNapoli Too (Post)
    • What If Suburban Rail Commuters Made Up for the Loss of MTA Payroll Tax Revenue? (CapNY)
    • Cuomo Asks for $2.9 Billion Fed Loan to Cover Half the Cost of New TZB (LoHud)
    • Amtrak Ridership at an All-Time High (TransNat)
    • Tri-State DOTs (and 45 others) Opt to Keep "Recreational Trails" Funding (MTR)
    • Now That You Can Walk to the Center of Grand Army Plaza, It's a Food Destination (DNA)
    • Alex Nazaryan Inspires Brilliant Arguments for Modern-Day Bike Ban (News)

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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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