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8:57 AM EDT on April 3, 2012

    • Slap on the Wrist for Brooklyn Firefighter Who Killed Manuel Tzajguachiac and Fled Scene (News)
    • Excellent Times Traffic Justice Coverage... From Brazil
    • FHWA OKs New Highway Ramps for Willets Point Mega-Development (NYT)
    • McCarren Park Would Be Made Whole By Plan to De-Map Part of Union Ave (Bklyn Paper)
    • Criminals Exploiting NY's No-Fault Insurance Law (Post)
    • Even Notoriously Cranky Manhattan CB 8 Getting Into the Bike-Share Planning Groove (Thirteen)
    • Wouldn't a Hearing on Our Ancient Subway Infrastructure Top This Snoozefest About Sinkholes? (WNYC)
    • Mayoral Candidate Tom Allon: Let NYC Control Its Own Transit System (HuffPo)
    • Starts and Fits Heroically Catalogs South Bronx Bike Parking
    • Cycling: A Threat to the Species (NYT Well via Gothamist)

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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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