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By Ben Fried

9:00 AM EDT on July 22, 2009

Second Ave Subway: Coming in 2016, or 2017, or ???? (News, Post, NYT, NY1, 2nd Ave Sagas)
Young Cyclist Killed on Wantagh Parkway Bike Path by Drunken, Speeding Motorcyclist (1010WINS)
Lt. Gov. Ravitch? Judge Rules Against Paterson Appointment (Daily Politics, Post, News)
Joe Romm: Copenhagen Climate Treaty Could Fund Worldwide BRT Rollout (Climate Progress)
Full Cost of Distracted, Faster Driving: 25,000 Deaths and $1 Trillion (Infrastructurist)
Maspeth Residents Fight Plan for Rail-Based Waste Transfer Station (News)
For a Free Ride on IKEA Water Taxi, You’ll Have to Prove You’re a Customer (Bklyn Eagle)
Delivery Trucks Ignore Protected Bike Path by Eighth Ave Gristedes (Cyclosity)
Disturbing Vid of Bike-Ped Confrontation Gone Ugly Is Making the Rounds (AnimalNY, Gothamist)
Sidewalk Nibbling: Cars Chomp Away at DC Ped Space (Rebuilding Place via Streetsblog.net)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill.

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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