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'Jaywalking'

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Bicycle Safety

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Bollards

Boondoggles

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bus lanes

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Children

Citi Bike

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Coronavirus Crisis

Crash Data

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Issues & Campaigns

<p>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.</p>


Ben Fried

LaHood: NYC’s Congestion Pricing Money Still There for the Taking

John Kaehny

Barack Obama

Want a Clean Bill of Health for the MTA? Call Obama.

<p>Charles Komanoff is a national expert on congestion pricing and traffic modeling, and is the former head of Transportation Alternatives. He is a longtime Streetsblog contributor. Reach him at <a href="mailto:komanoff@gmail.com">komanoff@gmail.com</a>.</p>


Charles Komanoff

City Council

Albany’s Choice… or Ours

Senator Diaz: Sticking It to Transit Riders and Proud of It

We Can’t Go on Living Like This

Albany Reaches MTA Deal

Malcolm Smith Spins Transit Band-aid as Victory for “Reform”

Paterson Abandons Long-Term MTA Financing Effort

David Paterson

Don’t Keep Transit Riders in the Dark, Governor

Albany and City Hall Slouch Toward MTA Endgame

Transit