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By Ben Fried

8:55 AM EDT on May 8, 2018

Corey Johnson Rips de Blasio for Subsidizing Ferry Rides But Not Fair Fares (News, Post)
Advocates for Poor New Yorkers Want to Sit Down and Talk Fair Fares With the Mayor (News)
New Yorkers Started Off the Week With a Hellacious Subway Commute (Gothamist)
Will the MTA Make L Train Substitute Stations ADA-Compliant By April 2019? (AMNY)
Stats Confirmed These Parents’ Worst Fears About Walking Kids to School Near NYC Drivers (Post)
Mark Treyger Wonders Why Coney Island Never Got a Cut of the Ferry Splurge (Eagle)
Somehow “Community Benefits” Cash Went Toward a Truck Parking Lot Linked to Vivian Cook (Post)
MTA Starts $45 Million Repair Job for 7 Train Elevated Structure in Jackson Heights and Corona (TL)
Bus Shelter Vendor/Outdoor Ad Giant JCDecaux at Odds With Expansion of LinkNYC Kiosks (Post)
Tony Avella Mad as Hell About Bioswales (TL)

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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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