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Ben Fried
8:50 AM EST on January 11, 2016
- Cuomo’s Big Subway Reveal: Countdown Clocks, Wi-Fi, Contactless Fares (Politico, WNYC, NY1)
- Ben Kabak: That’s It?
- The Governor Has an Expensive Transportation Wishlist (NYT) And No Way to Pay For It (NYSlant)
- Can the Port Authority Afford Its Share of Cuomo’s Penn Station Overhaul? (WSJ)
- Drivers Hit and Kill Man in Brownsville, One Flees Scene (Post)
- Advocates to City Council: Don’t Jump the Gun on Uber Regs (Crain’s)
- Kvetchers Blame Queens Blvd Congestion on Bike Lane That Barely Claimed Any Space From Cars (DNA)
- Meanwhile, Queens Boulevard Redesign Recognized as a National Example (NY1)
- UES Residents Raise Red Flag About Intersection of 79th and York (DNA)
- The Case for Broadway as a Linear Park (News)
- 50 Years Ago, a Transit Strike Rocked NYC and “Rush Hour Started at 4 AM” (AMNY)
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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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