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8:51 AM EDT on September 26, 2014

    • American Rail Infrastructure Is an Anachronism: Exhibit A (NYT)
    • Van Driver Kills Elderly Woman Crossing Elizabeth Street in the Crosswalk (DNA, Gothamist, Post)
    • Reckless Hit-and-Run SUV Driver Strikes Elderly Woman and Young Boy at Bus Stop (Post)
    • NYPD Captain and Lieutenant Arrested for Drunk Driving on Same Day (Post)
    • How NYC Transports Its Trash (NYT)
    • Let's Not Respond to Terror Rumors By Burning More Gas (WSJ, Capital)
    • Today Andrew Cuomo Rides the Subway Just for Show, But It Wasn't Always Like That (Capital)
    • Queens CB 2 Votes for Woodside and Sunnyside Slow Zones After Some Silly Gripes (QChron)
    • City Probably Won't Renew Sunset Park Ferry Service in October (Brooklyn Paper)
    • Diane Savino + Jeff Klein = A Match Made in F---ing Heaven (Gothamist)

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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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