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8:46 AM EDT on September 15, 2014

    • Kimmelman: NYC Needs Smarter Parking Regs to Build an Affordable City (NYT)
    • Welcome Back, Montague Street Tube and Interborough R Service (News, Post, NYT, WNYC)
    • Cuomo Sees Subway Stormproofing as Hugely Ambitious of Himself (CapNY)
    • Daily News Gives Prendergast a High-Five for Coming in On Time and Under Budget
    • 2nd Ave Sagas: What Can We Learn From the Success of the R Train Fix-up?
    • Livery Driver Kills Man Changing Flat, Injures 3 Others on Van Wyck (News, WSJ)
    • Woman in Critical Condition After Hit-and-Run Driver Struck Her Beneath BQE (Gothamist)
    • Four Bike Corrals Coming to Vanderbilt Ave and Washington Ave (DNA)
    • Metro-North Testing Bike Racks That Could Be Added to All Trains (AP)
    • Kaufman Studios Appropriates a Public Street in Astoria (HyperAllergic)
    • Even the Simplest Street Safety Fix Will Be Jarring to Some Motorists (DNA)

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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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