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By Ben Fried

8:48 AM EDT on May 24, 2016

Riders Alliance: L Train Riders Want Bus Lanes and Bike Lanes While Subway’s Shut Down (AMNY)
TLC Setting New Rules to Reduce Fatigued Driving — How About Better Pay? (News)
Cuomo’s State DOT Refuses to Tell the Public How It’s Spending Their Money (MTR)
Christie Vetoes Port Authority Reform Bill (Crain’s)
With the Q Getting Routed to Second Avenue, MTA Will Revive the W (2nd Ave Sagas, AMNY)
A Post Editor Racked Up 2,000 Miles on Citi Bike
The Daily News Sides With David Greenfield on F Express
Letting the Noisiest Voices Dictate the Agenda Is No Way to Set Transportation Policy (IVM)
Fear and Loathing on Queens Boulevard (TL)
Reimagining the Streets Underneath the Livonia Avenue Elevated (ioby)
The Infrastructure Fantasy That Makes Gondolas Look Great (Curbed, DNA)

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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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