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By Ben Fried

8:55 AM EST on December 5, 2016

Anonymous NYPD Sources Wants to Undo a Decade of Progress for Walking, Biking, and Buses (Post)
The Times Looks at What’s Next for Citi Bike and How It Could Expand to More Neighborhoods
MTA Fare Hike Hearings Begin Today (AMNY)
Eric Adams and Melinda Katz Will Revive Call to Lower LIRR Fares for City Residents (AMNY)
Sign of Progress on LIRR Third Track — MTA Completes Draft EIS (TL)
Developer: Parking Mandates in Red Hook Are Way Too High (Curbed)
Does Alan Dershowitz Remember That His Sister-in-Law Was Killed By a Driver While Biking? (News)
Driver Crashes on Union Turnpike and Dies; Pedestrian Found Dead By Prospect Expwy (News, Post)
The Case for Better Car-Free Options to the Catskills (Cap’n Transit)
Damned Bike Lanes (Advance)

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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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