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By Ben Fried

8:54 AM EDT on July 17, 2017

Christie Robs $500 Million From NJ Transit Maintenance to Pay for Operations (Bloomberg)
De Blasio: If the State Can’t Fix NYC Transit, the MTA Should Be Restructured (WNYC, Crain’s)
Asked About Transit, GOP Mayoral Challenger Nicole Malliotakis Serves Up Word Salad (Crain’s)
Nicole Gelinas Warns of Backdoor MTA Debt in Cuomo’s Funding Plan for Moynihan Station (Post)
Driver Kills 83-Year-Old Man Crossing Street in Flatlands; Police and Post Blame Victim
Turning SUV Driver Critically Injures Two Girls Crossing Street With Their Mom in Staten Island (Post)
Victim’s Attorney Accuses MTA Bus Crash Investigators of Manipulating Evidence (Post)
Three Motorcyclists Died in Separate Crashes Over the Weekend (News)
Advocates Press Bronx and Queens DAs to Decriminalize Fare Evasion (News)
300 People Have Signed TransAlt’s Petition for Protected Bike Lanes on Skillman and 43rd Aves (DNA)
Got a Transit Question But Can’t Make the MTA Board Meeting? WNYC Will Ask It for You

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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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