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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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