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  • East Side Access Price Tag Soars Again to $8.24 Billion (NYT, NY1, Post, 2nd Ave Sagas)
  • Nicole Gelinas Shows City Journal Readers Why Livable Streets and Efficient Modes Are Good For NYC
  • Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian Amjad Barakat in Bay Ridge (Post, News)
  • Cyclist Injured by Ditmas Park Smash-up Allegedly Involving Father-Son Drivers (DP Corner)
  • Taxi Fares Could Go Up 20 Percent, First Hike Since 2006 (NYT, WSJ)
  • Bike-share Plus Transit Doesn’t Equal a Zero-Sum Proposition (2nd Ave Sagas)
  • Gas-Free Brooklynite Colin Beavan, a.k.a No Impact Man, Is Running for Congress (Bklyn Paper)
  • A Love Letter to City Highway Driving (NYT)
  • The Russians Have Invented a Brilliant Sequel to Uncivil Servants (Kottke)
  • Joe Jonas, Bike Theft Victim (Us)

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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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