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By Ben Fried

8:54 AM EDT on April 4, 2017

Albany Puts Off a Budget Deal for Two Months (Politico)
Yesterday’s NJ Transit Derailment Still Wreaking Havoc Today (NYT, AMNY)
De Blasio: Woodhaven SBS Proceeding This Spring (TL)
60 Percent of NYC Drivers Told the Health Department They Break the Speed Limit (Gothamist)
These Are the 5 Parts of NYC Where Distracted Driving Is Most Rampant (Crain’s)
Clergy Want a Sit-Down With Trottenberg About Making Intersections By Schools Safer (News)
Nicole Gelinas Rips the Today Show’s Lazy Reporting on Pedestrian Deaths (City Journal)
MTA Approves $477 Million L Train Repair Contract (NYT, AMNY)
NYU Tracks 40 Years of Changes in Subway Ridership (WNYC)
How Should the MTA Reduce Subway Litter? (WNYC)
A Big Scoop From April 1… (MTR)

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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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