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8:53 AM EST on January 2, 2018

    • Inside the Subway Construction Racket That Robs New Yorkers Blind (NYT)
    • Daily News to Cuomo: Fix Transit With Congestion Pricing and Cost Control
    • NRDC and the Nation to de Blasio: Time to Throw Your Weight Behind Move NY Toll Reform
    • TransitCenter: Pair Congestion Pricing With Improvements to Subway and Bus Service
    • An "Uber Fee" Is Necessary But Not Sufficient to Clear Manhattan Gridlock (NYT, News)
    • Jeff Klein and the IDC Unveil Their Plan to Stall Action on Congestion Pricing (AMNY)
    • Gateway Update: Trump Yanks the Football Away From Cuomo and Christie (Crain's, News)
    • Will Subway Station Agents Adapt and Work Outside the Booth? (NYT)
    • BQX vs. BQE (Bklyn Paper)
    • Meet the People Who Have No Business Shaping the City's L Train Shutdown Plan (Villager)
    • FDNY Bypasses Midtown Gridlock With Mini-Ambulances (NYT)
    • De Blasio's E-Bike Crackdown Is a National Disgrace (AP)

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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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