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By Ben Fried

9:02 AM EST on December 19, 2011

Trucker Hits and Kills 17-Year-Old Cyclist in Harlem; NYPD: “No Criminality” (DNA)
Meanwhile, East Harlem Calorie Merchants Keep Up Their Anti-Bike Lane Media Tour (NY1)
Drunk Driver Mows Down Stuyvesant Senior One Block From Gravesend Home (News)
Bloomberg on Cuomo’s Transit Cut: “Somebody Else Is Going to Have to Pay” (CapNY)
One More Reason Albany Needs to Get Serious About Congestion Pricing (Bklyn Paper)
City to Add Bus Shelters for B61 Riders (Bklyn Paper)
State DOT Picks Consultants to Figure Out How to Pay for a New Tappan Zee (Times Union)
Tribeca Neighbors Want to Keep Their Temporary Pedestrian Plaza (DNA)
Midwestern Editorial Board Far More Progressive on Bike Policy Than NYC’s Transpo Chair (KC Star)

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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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