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Ben Fried
8:51 AM EDT on May 28, 2014
- 125th St SBS Supporter Adriano Espaillat Takes Charlie Rangel to Task on Transportation (Capital)
- De Blasio Decides Against a 2024 Olympics Bid (WSJ)
- More Coverage of the SBS Debut on 125th From WNYC, DNA, and Gothamist
- Happy Birthday, Citi Bike, and Get Well Soon (WNYC, News)
- Felix Salmon: The Problem With the Citi Bike Contract Is That It’s Unenforceable
- Columbia Planners Call for Walkable Development and Road Pricing to Make TZB Transit Work (Lohud)
- DOT to Consider Warning Signs at Speed Cam Locations… and Other Locations (WSJ)
- NYPD’s UWS Bike Ticket Blitz “a Misguided Use of Limited Resources” (News)
- Parks Dept Van Driver Runs Over Boy’s Leg in Morningside Park (Post, NY1)
- Manhattan Judge Creates Tiny New Disincentive to Double-Park (NYT)
- Massimo Vignelli, Designer of Streamlined Subway Map, Is Dead (NYT, WNYC, News, 2nd Ave Sagas)
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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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