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By Ben Fried

8:48 AM EDT on October 20, 2014

Remembering New Yorkers Who Lost Their Lives to Traffic Violence (NYMag, WPIX, News, Right of Way)
Advocates for Walking and Biking Access on the Verrazano Rally in Staten Island (Advance)
New Tappan Zee Is Rising, So Where’s the Progress on Bus Improvements Cuomo Promised? (LoHud)
Rest in Peace William Ronan, First Chair of the MTA (NYT)
The Post Files a Vision Zero Status Report: Traffic Deaths Down 10% in 2014
Ignorant Rants About Speed Enforcement Have a Home on the Daily News Editorial Page
Dangerous Stretch of Broadway in Elmhurst Slated for Road Diet (DNA)
Ozone Park Residents Defend Pedestrian Plaza From Parking-Obsessed Merchants (QChron)
City Shutting Down Rockaway Ferry on Halloween After Spending a Scary $30/Passenger Trip (CapNY)
Financier Harry Wagner Caught Committing a Door-and-Run in Midtown (Complex)
The Case for Elevated Bikeways in NYC Remains Completely Unconvincing (City Journal)

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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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