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By
Ben Fried
8:54 AM EDT on July 21, 2014
- NYC DOT Prepares to Implement 25 MPH Speed Limit Citywide (AMNY)
- Cabbie Critically Injures 13-Year-Old Cyclist on UWS; Cops Blame Victim (Post, News)
- City Pleading With State For Permission to Save on Construction Costs (Crain’s)
- After Much Handwringing, SI Advance Concludes the Benefit of Speed Cams “Cannot Be Questioned”
- Lyft Has Another Week to Work Out How to Comply With NYC Rules (DNA)
- The Post Finds Connections Between Uber and Lyft and Bloomberg
- Five-Week G Train Construction Shutdown Starts This Friday (AMNY)
- More Coverage of Street Safety Vigil for Jean Chambers at News, DNA, Gothamist
- Take a Look at the New Hartford-New Britain Busway (MTR)
- For Forth Worth Mayor Betsy Price, Biking Is a “Great Way to Connect With People” (NYT)
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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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