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By Ben Fried

8:50 AM EDT on October 8, 2014

Why Is Andrew Cuomo Pretending That He Doesn’t Run the MTA? (CapNY, WNYC, AMNY)
DNA Maps the Projects in the Next MTA Capital Program
More Coverage of 25 MPH Speed Limit Clearing City Council (NYT, WNYC)
Extension of Transit Tax Benefit in NYC on Its Way to de Blasio’s Desk (Post, CapNY, AMNY)
SUV Driver Kills Pedestrian Cristina Alonso on 14th Ave in Dyker Heights (Bklyn Paper)
Letter Grades for Taxi Drivers Percolating in the City Council (CapNY, Post)
Manhattan CB 12 Committee Votes for Safety Fixes at 155th Street Intersection (DNA)
So, Council Member Debi Rose Is All for Fair Tolls, Right? (Advance)
CBS2 — Still Rooting for More New Yorkers to Die in Traffic
Ben Kabak: Transit Projects Can Be Both Beautiful and Useful (CityLab)
Chicago’s Speed Cam Crazies Might Actually Have New York’s Beat (Streetsblog CHI)

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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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