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By
Ben Fried
8:51 AM EDT on April 13, 2015
- How Will de Blasio’s PlaNYC Be Different Than Bloomberg’s? (Capital)
- 1 Pedestrian, 1 Cyclist Critically Injured in Separate Crashes in Brooklyn Yesterday (News)
- Bronx Community Board 11 Asks DOT to Undo Traffic Calming on White Plains Road (BxTimes)
- Off-Duty MTA Bus Driver Arrested for Drunk Driving (News)
- Pushy Passengers and Harried Cabbies Are a Bad Combination for a Crowded City (Post)
- New York City Traffic Violence — the Perfect War Zone Simulation (Post)
- More on Jim Brennan’s MTA Funding Bill (Capital)
- Straphangers Value a Faster Ride More Than a Seat on the Train (Post)
- Check Out Where Long Island City’s First Bike-Share Stations Will Go (DNA)
- Scenes From the 5th Tour de Staten Island (Advance)
- The Times Likes Paris’s Plan to Double the Extent of Its Bike Network
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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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