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By Ben Fried

8:56 AM EDT on August 14, 2017

Cuomo: Congestion Pricing an Idea “Whose Time Has Come” (NYT)
NYPD Hands Truck Driver Who Killed Neftaly Ramirez a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card (Gothamist, News)
MTA Bus Service Gets an F on Its Report Card; DOT’s Efforts Don’t Score Much Higher (News)
Did Cuomo’s Subway Track Tour Delay Riders? (NBC)
Meet Cuomo’s Pick to Lead Port Authority, Rick Cotton, Who Starts Work Today (NYT)
Gov Spends More on Low-Impact Economic Development Schemes Than the NYC Transit System (Post)
More Coverage of Spin’s Scuffle With DOT (Crain’s, DNA)
De Blasio Wants E-Bike Laws to Target Businesses, Not Workers, But Why Are They Illegal? (Post)
EDC Planning to Add Ferry Docks in South Bronx, Upper East Side, Lower East Side (DNA)
Amtrak’s Penn Station Track Work “a Little Ahead of Schedule” (AMNY)

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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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