Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:52 AM EDT on August 14, 2014
- Ambulance Driver Killed Cyclist in Flushing Wednesday Morning (Post, Gothamist, NY1)
- NYPD: Cyclist Who Killed Irving Schachter Swerved to Avoid a Pedicab (Post)
- After Driver Injures Cyclist, Bushwick Residents Say Irving Avenue Is a Dangerous Speedway (DNA)
- Keegan Stephan and Wiley Norvell Weigh in on “Operation Safe Cycle” (WSJ)
- Gothamist: Some Bike Tickets Are Better Than Others
- The Daily News Isn’t Demanding Any Data on NYPD’s Bike Blitz — It’s All Good!
- Just Like the First 500,000 Trips, No One Has Been Killed on Citi Bike After 10 Million Trips (Reuters)
- More on West End Avenue Safety Plan: Ped Islands Added at 72nd and 79th Streets (DNA)
- 280,000 Square Feet of Pure Suburbia Coming to Baychester (News)
- Road-Raging Motorist Assaults MTA Bus Driver With Broken Side View Mirror (News)
- Robin Williams: Riding a Bike “the Closest You Can Get to Flying” (WSJ)
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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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