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By
Ben Fried
8:44 AM EDT on October 25, 2016
- Health Department: The Number of New Yorkers Who Bike Is on the Rise (AMNY)
- The Driver Who Killed 13-Year-Old Jazmine Marin Gets a Pass From NYPD (News, Post)
- Surely This State DOT Highway Expansion Will Fix Staten Island’s Traffic Problems (DNA)
- Passenger Exiting SUV Doors Northbound Cyclist on Jay Street By MetroTech (Bklyn Paper)
- Woodhaven SBS NIMBYs Also Detest Expansion of Pedestrian Space — Go Figure! (TL)
- DNA Checks in on Bike-Share Planning for Crown Heights
- The Plaza Component of a Van Wyck Widening Project Is Finally Getting Built (DNA)
- Must-Have Luxury Amenity for the Cloistered Class: Private Driveways (Bloomberg)
- Signs of Second Ave Subway Progress at 63rd and Third (NY1)
- The Times Supports Bill to Double Street Vendor Permits
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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.
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