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By Ben Fried

8:56 AM EST on January 18, 2016

Uber Pleased With City Hall’s Uber Report (NYT, Politico, WNYC, WSJ)
How’s Cuomo Going to Make Good on His MTA Funding Promise? He’s Still Not Saying (WNYC)
De Blasio’s Horse Carriage Deal Includes Booting Pedicabs Out of Central Park (News, Politico)
Not Helping: Alcoholic.org Blames Drunk People for Getting Killed While Walking in NYC (Post)
Trottenberg Makes the Case for Woodhaven Blvd SBS to Queens Chronicle Readers
Fear and Loathing on the Queens CB 9 Transportation Committee (QChron)
Rider’s Alliance: The Q70 to LaGuardia Is NYC’s Best-Kept Secret (News)
Driver Who Flipped Car on Amsterdam Ave Caught Speeding on Video (Gothamist)
NYPD Doesn’t Tow Illegally Parked Cars on Staten Island (Post)
DOT Adding 3 Traffic Lights to 21st Ave in Astoria; Constantinides: “We’re Not Done” (DNA)

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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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