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By Ben Fried

8:51 AM EDT on October 27, 2015

Van Bramer: Cut Congestion, Fund Transit With Move NY Toll Reform (News)
TransAlt Catches Up With Janette Sadik-Khan
Three Ideas to Help Make a New Round of Subway Expansion Happen (WNYC)
Here’s Where the Next Batch of Countdown Clocks Are Going (AMNY)
Without Hudson Yards Development, Ridership at Hudson Yards Subway Stop Underwhelms (AMNY)
Cuomo Fixates on LaGuardia, Which Serves One Eighth as Many People as Hudson Crossings (MTR)
Sluggish Rollout of Next-Gen MTA Fare Payment Slows Down Some More (2nd Ave Sagas)
New Tappan Zee Bus Service Gets $10M From Feds (LoHud)
Motorcyclist Killed in Solo Crash on Steinway Street (DNA)
Former MTA Chair Virgil Conway Dies at 85 (NYT)

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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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