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By Ben Fried

8:38 AM EDT on August 28, 2017

NJ Transit Overrun By Patronage, Corruption, and Incompetence, Says Fired Agency Watchdog (Politico)
Queens Pols: In NYC, Only Transit Riders, Not Drivers, Should Pay for All Their Trips (News, AMNY)
It’s Easier to Do Congestion Pricing With Cashless Tolling, Which Is the New Normal in NYC (NYT)
Lewis Lehe Has the Authoritative Account of How Congestion Pricing Works in Other Cities
Driver Critically Injures 6-Year-Old Boy on E 33rd Street; Police Blame Victim (DNA)
12 People Injured in Two Car Crashes in Queens Over the Weekend (Post)
Drunk SUV Driver Plows Into Backhoe on the Bruckner, Injuring Passenger (News)
One of America’s Top Dems Came Out to Mark the Installation of a Signalized Crossing in Flushing (TL)
EDC: Riders Satisfied With EDC Ferry Service (NY1)
Liam McCabe Campaigns for Mayor of Parkingtown (Eagle)

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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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