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By Ben Fried

8:52 AM EST on February 26, 2018

Veteran Train Operators Say MTA Sends New Recruits Into Service Before They’re Ready (News)
This Albany Session, Make Sure Cuomo Knows You Know It’s His MTA (AMNY, WNYC, Post)
Congestion Pricing Lessons From London, Stockholm, and Singapore (NYT)
Why Is Our “Progressive” Mayor Letting Bus Service Fall to Pieces? (Voice)
Andy Byford Relies on the Subways, Just Like Us (NY1)
Ex-MTA Construction Manager Gets 4 Years in Prison for Taking Bribes From Contractors (Post)
L Train Shutdown Street Changes Make Sense Even Without the L Train Shutdown (Wired)
City Ramped Up Tickets for Illegal Parking in Parks. Can You Tell? (Post)
DOT Austin Street Plan Includes Modest Parking Price Reforms, Loading Zones, Crosswalks (QChron)
Driver Plows Through Bed Stuy Storefront (CBS2)
RIP Lee Pomeroy, Subway Station Architect and Planner of Fulton Mall (NYT)

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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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