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8:51 AM EDT on May 9, 2016

    • Advocates Are Heading to Albany to Push for Speed Cams By Every School (Politico, WNYC)
    • Anthony Foxx Isn't Satisfied With Progress on Trans-Hudson Transit Tunnel (Politico)
    • The Times Has Something Bland to Say About the L Train Shutdown
    • Gelinas: Forget the L Train, Crush Loads on Other Lines Are the Real MTA Emergency (Post)
    • Hit-and-Run Drivers Kill Man in Ozone Park (News)
    • 85-Year-Old Woman Crashes Car Into Utility Pole in Canarsie and Dies (News)
    • The Bike Boom Inside NYC Buildings (NYT)
    • Uber Cuts Prices on Rush-Hour Carpool Rides Below 110th Street (Post)
    • Medallion Industry Regroups, Plans Counteroffensive Against Uber (Crain's)
    • There's a "Visioning Session" for the BQX Streetcar in Astoria Tonight (AMNY)
    • Not the Most Convincing Argument Against BQX (News)

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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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