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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 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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