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By Ben Fried

8:52 AM EST on January 16, 2018

Cuomo: Congestion Pricing Won’t Put a Price on Congested East River Bridges (Politico, News)
No Sign Yet That Cuomo’s Subway Action Plan Is Improving Service (Post)
Today’s the First Day on the Job for New NYC Transit Prez Andy Byford (News)
Will the MTA Reopen All of Williamsburg’s Shuttered Subway Entrances Before the L-Pocalypse? (AMNY)
DOT Defends Woodhaven Boulevard Bus Improvements From the Queens Motorhead Brigade (QChron)
Let’s Get Speeding Traffic Out of Flushing Meadows Corona Park (QChron)
Psychopath in a Mercedes Drags Cop, Blasts Through Times Square (Post)
Motivate Hit Its Targets to Trigger Bike-Share Contract Renewal With the City Through 2029 (Crain’s)
Bus Lane Cameras Go Live on the Bx6 (NY1)
Damned Bike Lanes (Post)

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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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