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By
Ben Fried
8:55 AM EST on February 17, 2017
- We Can’t Have Nice Things Because Cuomo and Christie Love Airport Transit Boondoggles (Voice)
- Port Authority Approves $3.5B for New Bus Terminal, But Somehow It Costs Much More (AMNY, Politico)
- Port Will Make Pinch Points on GWB Paths Less Pinched (AMNY)
- Ross Barkan: Why Doesn’t Progressive Bill de Blasio Fight for Progressive Road Pricing in Albany? (Voice)
- Ydanis and Tish James: MTA Needs to Fix 168th Street Elevators Right Away (DNA)
- TWU Ratifies New MTA Contract (NY1)
- Two Men Killed in One-Car Crash on Bronx River Parkway (News)
- School Bus Driver Who Severely Injured Kimera Chin, 11, Charged With Failure to Yield (News)
- Uber Bought Radio Spots Upstate to Make Its Case for Cuomo’s Ride-Hailing Bill (Politico)
- Nassau’s Eliminating 10 Bus Routes and Cutting Service on 4 Others (Newsday)
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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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