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By Ben Fried

8:57 AM EDT on March 23, 2015

Thanks, Cuomo: Transit Fares Rise for Fifth Time in Eight Years (AMNY, Post, News)
Albany Feels No Urgency to Avoid Future Fare Hikes (News)
The NYC Transit System in 2015: Higher Fares, Worse Service, Apathetic Government (News)
MTA Blames Unreliable Subway Service on High Ridership (DNA)
Green Taxi Driver Jumps Curb, Kills Two People at Grand Concourse Bus Stop (News, Gothamist)
Daily News: Driving Into Someone Who Has the Right of Way Shouldn’t Be a Crime
Three Dead After Off-Duty NJ Cop Drives Wrong Way on Staten Island Highway (Post)
The C Train and Its 50-Year-Old Cars Rattle On (WNYC)
DNA Covers DOT’s Underwhelming Safety Plan for 21st Street in Astoria
How Plans to Cut Regional Freight Truck Traffic Play at Bay Ridge CB 10 (Bklyn Paper)
Pols Ask for Daily Ferry Service to Gov’s Island From Brooklyn (CapNY)

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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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