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By Ben Fried

8:58 AM EDT on May 15, 2017

Is Cuomo Capable of the Essential But Unflashy Task of Getting Subways to Run on Time? (NYT)
Myron Magnet’s Muttonchops Quiver With Rage About Bike Lanes — NYC Must Be Doing Something Right (WSJ)
Hank Sheinkopf: Thousands of New Parking Placards “an Election Year Gift to Interest Groups” (Post)
Police Responding to Call Seriously Injure Cyclist in East Williamsburg, Blame Victim (News, DNA)
Nicole Gelinas Has Some Ideas for Handling Penn Station’s Track Shrinkage This Summer (Post)
Hmm… State Senator Todd Kaminsky Calls for New Layer of Bureaucracy to Manage Penn (News)
DOT Will Stripe a Bike Lane on Classon Avenue, Where Lauren Davis Was Struck and Killed (Bklyn Paper)
Here’s Why Second Avenue Subway Stations Sound Better Than the Rest of the System (WNYC)
Maybe Buttons Will Persuade More Straphangers to Courteously Give Up Their Seats (Post, NYT, AMNY)
If You Lock Your Bike in Forest Hills or Rego Park, It’s Time to Brush Up With Hal (DNA)
Tensions Rise When Traffic Peaks on the Hudson River Greenway (Gothamist)

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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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