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By Ben Fried

8:53 AM EST on November 7, 2014

The Default NYC Speed Limit Is a More Humane 25 MPH as of Today (WSJ, WNYC, AMNY)
…and Post Headline Writers Are at a Loss
How Come Cy Vance Doesn’t Treat Drivers Who Actually Kill as Seriously as This? (NYT, News)
NBC News Van Strikes Woman at Redesigned-But-Still-Dangerous 96th and Broadway (Gothamist)
Brad Aaron and Dana Lerner Talk to Business Insider About the Significance of Vision Zero
Watch This Jim Hoffer Segment on Central Park Cyclists and Learn… Nothing (ABC 7)
MTR Plucks Out the Bright Spots for Transportation Policy From Tuesday’s Elections
What Do Random Drivers Think of Tolling Free East River Bridges? NY1 Reports
DDC Finally Ready to Turn Dead Space at Foot of Manhattan Bridge Into a Plaza (Bowery Boogie)
Bronx CB 8 Resolves to Push for $ to Study Hudson River Greenway Up to Yonkers (R’dale Press)
Sunnyside Streets Are About to Get Safer (QChron)

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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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