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By Ben Fried

8:46 AM EST on January 8, 2018

The Times Calls on Cuomo to Get Subway Construction Costs Under Control
David Leonhardt: No More Free Rides for the Drivers Jamming NYC’s Most Congested Streets (NYT)
Meanwhile, de Blasio Spews Misinformation About Congestion Pricing on Brian Lehrer (WNYC)
NJ Transit in Search of a New Leader Again (WNYC)
Still No Launch Date for Pilot Program Integrating LIRR and NYC Transit Fares (AMNY)
Who’s Worse: Broad Street Subway Elevator NIMBYs (Tribeca Trib) or Queens CB 4? (QChron)
Driver, 75, Crashes Into Tree and Dies in Dongan Hills (News)
Drunken Livery Driver Rams Squad Car on West Side Highway (Post)
The Indignity of Riding the Bus in NYC After a Snow Storm (Bklyner)
Bike Snob Maps Snow Clearance Along the Brooklyn-Queens Greenway (TransAlt)

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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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