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By Ben Fried

8:55 AM EST on November 11, 2016

People Take to Streets for Second Night to Protest Our Openly Bigoted President Elect (News)
To Fund Discount Transit Fares, City Hall Would Want to Split the Cost With Albany (NYT)
If London, SF, and Oslo Can Modernize Transit Fare Payment, So Can the MTA (NY1)
De Blasio: Trump Can’t Reinstate Stop-and-Frisk in NYC (Politico)
Expect More Overbearing NYPD Security Theater Around All Trump-Branded NYC Properties (Crain’s)
Fixing the Brooklyn Bridge Will Cost More Than $800 Million But Drivers Pay Nothing for It (Post)
TLC Looks to Expand Wheelchair-Accessible Dispatch Service Citywide (AMNY)
A Driver Struck a Man at Eldridge and Canal, Scant Information Available (DNA)
Some Pols Are Wasting Time on This East River Gondola Distraction (News)
Tuesday: Weigh in on the Most Convoluted Part of the BQX Streetcar Route (Bklyn Paper)
A Crumbling Ped Bridge Over LIRR Tracks in Bayside Is Coming Down and Won’t Be Replaced (TL)

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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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