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By 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

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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