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By Ben Fried

8:51 AM EST on November 17, 2014

MTA Still Fine-Tuning 2015 Fare Hike Proposals (NYT)
Daily News Comes Out for Rail on the Rockaway Beach Branch Instead of the QueensWay
Cap’n Transit Runs Some Rail vs. Trail Ridership Numbers
Another Option for RBBL: Upzone Southeast Queens Before Doing Anything (YIMBY)
Pickup Truck Driver Kills 15-Year-Old Girl on Bayview Ave in Staten Island (Gothamist)
Gelinas to DAs: Build Off the Afroduck Case and Prosecute Drivers Who Kill (Post)
Off-Peak Subway Ridership Continues to Boom (Post)
Escalators at Brand New $1.4B Fulton Transit Center Already on the Fritz (News, 2nd Ave Sagas)
Do Midtown Street Vendors Take Up Too Much Sidewalk Space? (Crain’s)
State Report Blames 2013 Metro-North Outage on Agencies’ Poor Preparation (CapNY)
Verrazano Bridge Turns 50 (WNYC) — It’s About Time for a Walking and Biking Path

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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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