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By Ben Fried

8:59 AM EDT on May 10, 2010

City Releases Data Showing How Many New Yorkers Bike, Walk, Drive, Take Transit to Work (NYT)
News Isn’t Convinced 34th Street Transitway Will Pay Off
Why Don’t NYC Kids Play Street Games Anymore? (Post)
…It Probably Has Something to Do With This (Post)
NYC Garbage Trucks Have Injured 294 People in the Last Three Years (Post)
SI Ferry Crash Injures 37 — Mostly Nicks and Bruises — Prompts Federal Safety Probe (NY1, AMNY)
Walder, Samuelsen Have a Confrontation in the Paper Over Work Rules (News)
New BMW So Quiet, You Can’t Tell When You’ve Left It Idling (News, Post, AMNY)
Cul-de-Sacs Totally Fail to Deliver Purported Benefits (Infrastructurist)
Why Car Companies Feel OK Portraying Teen Drivers as Dangerous, But Not Seniors (538)

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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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