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By Ben Fried

8:51 AM EDT on May 28, 2014

125th St SBS Supporter Adriano Espaillat Takes Charlie Rangel to Task on Transportation (Capital)
De Blasio Decides Against a 2024 Olympics Bid (WSJ)
More Coverage of the SBS Debut on 125th From WNYC, DNA, and Gothamist
Happy Birthday, Citi Bike, and Get Well Soon (WNYC, News)
Felix Salmon: The Problem With the Citi Bike Contract Is That It’s Unenforceable
Columbia Planners Call for Walkable Development and Road Pricing to Make TZB Transit Work (Lohud)
DOT to Consider Warning Signs at Speed Cam Locations… and Other Locations (WSJ)
NYPD’s UWS Bike Ticket Blitz “a Misguided Use of Limited Resources” (News)
Parks Dept Van Driver Runs Over Boy’s Leg in Morningside Park (Post, NY1)
Manhattan Judge Creates Tiny New Disincentive to Double-Park (NYT)
Massimo Vignelli, Designer of Streamlined Subway Map, Is Dead (NYT, WNYC, News, 2nd Ave Sagas)

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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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