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By Ben Fried

8:59 AM EDT on July 6, 2012

Study: NYC Firms Want to Set Up Shop Where the Livable Streets Are (Crain’s)
Brooklyn DA Charges Maniac Killer Driver With Homicide (Gothamist)
Time Mag Opts for Imaginative “War” Metaphor to Characterize NYC’s Bike Progress
DOT Ped Plazas in the Works for Glendale and Ridgewood (QChron)
MTA Changes Q41 Route to Save Riders Time. Won’t Someone Think of the Parking? (QChron)
When Will the Bleecker Street Transfer Finally Open? (2nd Ave Sagas)
More Police Cams Are Going Up in Public Spaces, But They Won’t Catch Speeding Drivers (Advance)
If a Satmar Sect Ever Restores the Bedford Ave Bike Lane, Seems Like It Will Be the Aroynem (NYT)
High Oil Prices Lead to Short-Line Freight Rail Revival Upstate (AP)
It’s Not Your Imagination: Luxury Car Owners Drive Like Schmucks (NY Mag)

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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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