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By Ben Fried

9:00 AM EST on February 28, 2011

Lazy, Dishonest Post Writers Can’t Be Bothered to Check Facts or Tell the Truth About 34th Street
Cap’n Transit: Fight for the 34th Street Transitway
Transit Know-Nothing Andrea Peyser Spews More Hate at JSK and the Transitway
Bike Registration Idiocy Spreads to Albany: DenDekker Wants Annual Fee for Every Bike in NY State (Post)
LaHood: Facebook and Twitter Don’t Belong on the Dashboard (NYT)
Afghanistan Veteran Killed By Driver After Leaving His Birthday Party in Smithtown (News)
One Dead, Three Injured After Driver Slams Into Utility Pole Off the Belt Parkway (News)
Passenger Hijacks Cab, Drives Like Maniac, Crashes Into Pole at Union Square (News, NYT)
Gotham Gazette Forgot to Interview Council Members Who Support Safe Streets for Biking
Pete Donohue Scorns MTA’s Legal Challenge to TWU Raises (News)
Steve “The Cuozz” Cuozzo Just Plain Hates People

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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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