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By Ben Fried

8:52 AM EDT on May 15, 2014

City Council Passes Reforms to Curb Speaker’s Power (WSJ)
Two-Thirds of Train Operators Say They Rarely Get Enough Sleep (WNYC)
More Service Coming for the L and M Trains (WNYC, News, DNA)
Andrew Cuomo Must Be Over the Moon About Obama’s Tappan Zee Presser (NYT, News, NY1)
42 Percent of New Yorkers Think State’s Transpo Infrastructure Is in Poor Shape (C&S)
Dan Doctoroff Still Dreaming of a Big Olympics Boondoggle for NYC (Crains 1, 2)
Shocker: Real Estate Bigs Want Route to LaGuardia to Be City’s Top BRT Priority (News)
Final Domino Plan Clears City Council (Bklyn Paper)
PS 41 Principal and Parents Call for Slow Zone on Sixth Avenue in the Village (DNA)
Safer Pedestrian Crossings at 72nd and Riverside — Revolting! (DNA)
De Blasio and Trottenberg Are Takin’ Care of the Basics (WSJ)

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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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