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Today’s Headlines

9:26 AM EDT on August 6, 2010

    • Pratt's Joan Byron Talks Sheridan Teardown With Andrea Bernstein (WNYC)
    • 12-Year-Old Freddie Flores Killed By Trucker at Fresh Pond Road in Middle Village (Queens Chron)
    • Yassky: After Service Cuts, NYC Needs a Commuter Van Plan (Bklyn Paper)
    • Samuelsen: NYC Needs Commuter Vans Like a Hole in the Head (Bklyn Paper)
    • DiNapoli's MTA Overtime Audit Reinforces What Walder's Been Saying (SAS, News, WNYC)
    • Good Stuff From Allison Arieff About What Americans Are Looking for Now in New Homes
    • Livery Cab Driver Runs Light, Drags Pedestrian in Midtown (WABC via Gothamist)
    • Dan Maes Won't Recant Insane Bike-Share Theory (City Room)
    • "Amtrak" Joe Biden Needs to Start Taking Transit on His NYC Junkets (Post)
    • It's Peak Season for Play Streets. Streetfilms' Dahlia Ramsay Files This Report...

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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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