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8:51 AM EST on November 17, 2015

    • As More Riders Cram Onto Subways, the Less Satisfied They Are With Service (News, AMNY)
    • Crowding Delayed More Than 20,000 Trains in September (AMNY)
    • It Shouldn't Take 50 Years to Install a Modern Signal System on the Subways (Politico)
    • Driver Kills 70-Year-Old Woman Near Her Home in Cypress Hills; No Charges (News, Post)
    • Stunner: Storing Cars Matters More to Queens Community Board Bigs Than Housing People (Politico)
    • What Queens Commuters Will Get From Move NY Toll Reform (MTR)
    • Will the MTA Buy Buses With Smaller Blind Spots for Turning Drivers? (WNYC)
    • Levine to MTA: Opening Shuttered Subway Entrances Will Be Good for Business (Crain's)
    • MTA Board Member Allen Cappelli All for Lower Commuter Railroad Fares for NYC Residents (News)
    • The Times Isn't Impressed By Congress's Transportation Bill
    • Damned Bike Lanes (Gothamist)

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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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