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By Ben Fried

8:51 AM EDT on October 6, 2014

No One Is Leaping to Rescue Trans-Hudson Commuters From Impending Disaster (Post, WNYC 1, 2)
Cuomo Admin Puts Off Approval of MTA Capital Program, For Now (Newsday, Post)
Bill to Expand Transit Tax Benefit in NYC Hits City Council Transpo Committee Today (News)
Woman in Critical Condition After Driver Struck Her While She Tended to Her Wounded Dog (News)
Fire Truck Driver Injures Pedestrian on Avenue M (Bklyn Paper)
SUV Driver Hits Pedestrian on Pitkin Ave, Inflicting Severe Head Injuries (News)
Now Can We Get Serious About a Separated Bike Lane Across the Brooklyn Bridge? (News, Post)
DA Richard Brown: Borough Hall Garage Essential to Queens Justice System (QChron)
The Case Against Spending $1.5 Billion on PATH Extension to Newark Airport (2nd Ave Sagas)
Which Will Come First for Upstate Cities, Bike-Share or Bike-Friendly Streets? (NYT)

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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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