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By
Ben Fried
8:49 AM EDT on July 23, 2015
- Cuomo Says NYC Should Fund MTA, But He Won’t Let NYC Fund MTA With Tolls (CapNY, WNYC)
- Mayor Backs Down on Uber Cap After Gov Weighs In (NYT, News, AP, CapNY, WSJ, NY1, Post, AMNY)
- MTA Finds Some Change Under the Cushions to Pay for Capital Plan (NYT, News, Post, AMNY)
- Lander: Let’s Make Off-Board Fare Payment Standard for All MTA Buses (C&S)
- Chris Christie’s Neglect of NJ Transit Is Really Showing This Week (NYT)
- MTA: Subway Delays Have Stopped Getting Worse (DNA)
- “Medallion Owners vs. Uber Is Real-Life Alien vs. Predator” (News)
- Some Medallion Lenders Opposed de Blasio’s Bill Because It Legitimized Uber Hails (Crain’s)
- Evgeny Freidman and the Rest of the Medallion Industry Are Facing Collapse (Crain’s)
- MTR Has Some Other Ideas to Tackle NYC’s Congestion Problem
- Man on Bike Critically Injured After Colliding With Pedestrian and Hitting Pavement on Dekalb Ave (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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