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By Ben Fried

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

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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