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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.

Ben Fried

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Noah joined Streetsblog as a New York City reporter at the start of 2010. When he was a kid, he collected subway paraphernalia in a Vignelli-map shoebox.
Before coming to Streetsblog, he blogged at TheCityFix DC and worked as a field organizer for the Obama campaign in Toledo, Ohio. Noah graduated from Yale University, where he wrote his senior thesis on the class politics of transportation reform in New York City. He lives in Morningside Heights.

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Bus Cams on the Table in Gov’s Budget

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Andrew Hevesi

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Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York&#8217;s dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

Transit

After Meeting Walder, Student Transit Advos Set Sights on City and State

Albany Didn’t “Cut” the MTA Budget. They Stole From It.

Bus Cams on the Table in Gov’s Budget

MTA Blame Game: Lowlights From Queens

Twenty-One NYC Reps Back Brodsky’s Student Fare Falsehood

Gov’s Proposed NYC Tax Hike: A Testament to Your Local Pols, New Yorkers

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Without Road Pricing, Will the Wheels on the Bus Stop Going ‘Round?

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