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8:50 AM EDT on May 4, 2015

    • City's Vision Zero Anti-Speeding Ad Begins Airing Today (News)
    • Karen Koslowitz Wants to Water Down Turn Restrictions in Woodhaven SBS Plan (Q Chron)
    • Daily News Impressed By Cy Vance's Prosecution of Deadly Driver Danny Lin
    • Right of Way Remembers Clara Heyworth, Killed 4 Years Ago By Drunk, Unlicensed Driver
    • Three Brooklyn Church Members Killed in Upstate Van Crash (News)
    • Trash-Hauling Company Fires Two Workers Who Told City Council About Poor Conditions (CapNY)
    • Four Assembly GOP Leaders Get New Chevys Courtesy of NY Taxpayers (News)
    • Study Confirms Link Between Neighborhood Wealth and Street Tree Coverage (WSJ)
    • Still No Re-opening Date for Brooklyn Bridge Park Ped Bridge (NYT)
    • Scenes From NYC's Biggest Bike Tour (AMNY)

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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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