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By Ben Fried

8:58 AM EST on December 21, 2010

Car-on-Bike Crashes Are Up — The Post Finds a Cop Who Blames Cyclists and Bike Lanes
City Council Gives Final Approval to Riverside Center and Its 1,500 Parking Spaces (NYT)
Construction Has Started on NY Botanical Garden’s Huge New Subsidized Garage (BoogieDowner)
LaHood: High Speed Rail Will Be Our Generation’s Legacy (Streetsblog Cap Hill)
Thought Provoking Subway Spots Give Way to MTA Promos (NYT)
Andrea Bernstein Remembers 2005 Transit Strike: Frigid Biking, Frosty Bloomberg (Transpo Nation)
Heartwarming: Second Ave Businesses Break Bread With MTA’s Subway Builders (NY1)
Gridlock Sam Returns From China With a Case of Infrastructure Envy (PBS)
The Great Bike Helmet Debate Goes Global (Grist)
Cliff Lee, the Southpaw Straphanger, Had to Get Out of Car-Dependent Arlington, TX (Star-Telegram)

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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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