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By
Ben Fried
8:58 AM EDT on September 6, 2011
- DOT’s Willy-B Ramp Revamp Leaves Delancey Street Traffic Nightmare Untouched (Gothamist)
- Time’s Up Counter-Proposal: Route Cyclists Onto a Protected Path Alongside Delancey (Villager)
- SUV Driver Kills Cyclist Nicholas Djandji; Details From NYPD Don’t Add Up (Gothamist, Post, News)
- After 8 Months, 10 Cyclists Have Been Killed on NYC Streets This Year (News)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian Antonio Damiano, Jr. on Henry Hudson Parkway (Post)
- Ryan Avent’s Job Creation Plan: Let Cities Grow Denser (NYT)
- One Month On, Boston’s Hubway Bike-Share Exceeding Expectations (Globe)
- Deadline to Reach a Land-Swap Deal for East River Greenway Is 34 Days Away (Post)
- “We Need to Change the Way We Think About Non-Motorized Transportation and Transit” (Citiwire)
- Now You Can Try to Decipher NYC Zoning Regs With One Online Map (WSJ)
- Three Rules to Live By on the Subway (VV via 2nd Ave Sagas)
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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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