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By Ben Fried

8:59 AM EDT on August 8, 2012

So Far, 2012 Is the Northeast’s Hottest Year on Record (AP)
Hit-and-Run Driver Charged With Manslaughter for Killing Sunset Park Dad (News, Post, City Room)
More on the Brooklyn Bridge Bike/Ped Expansion Proposal (NYT, WSJ, Bklyn Paper, CapNY, Observer)
…Just Another Occasion for the Post to Spew Bike Hate
Will Straphangers End Up Subsidizing Road-Pulverizing Fracking Trucks? (Times-Union)
Cap’n Transit: Escape the Tappan Zee Death Spiral — Repair, Don’t Replace, the Bridge
Lawless Jay Street Takes the Brooklyn Paper‘s Prize for Borough’s Scariest Bike Lane
NYMTC Wants Your Ideas for the Region’s Long-Term Transpo Plan (MTR)
Port Authority Toll Breaks Take Effect for Staten Island Drivers, in the Works for Truckers (Advance)
Damned Bike Lanes (Brooklyn Spoke)

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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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