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By Ben Fried

9:00 AM EDT on September 7, 2012

The Observer Takes a Walk Down Newly Completed 6½ Avenue With JSK
More 6½ Avenue: Ped-Centric Coverage on NY1, Motorist Kvetching in the Post
Vacca: Use Traffic Enforcement Agents to Ticket Commercial Cyclists (TransNat)
14 Injured After School Bus Driver Rams MTA Bus Head-On (NY1)
Trial Ped Plaza Coming Soon to Myrtle Ave in Ridgewood (QChron)
This Is Why Maintenance Partners Matter for New Public Spaces (QChron)
Seems Like Only a Matter of Time Until Cab-Hailing Apps Are Legal in NYC (NYT)
Say What You Will About Sean Sweeney, He’s a Master at Getting Quoted in the Press (DNA)
Unicycling: More Prevalent Than Segways? (Bklyn Paper)
Mental Speedbumps, NYC-Style (Gothamist)

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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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