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8:51 AM EDT on June 1, 2015

    • Albany Won't Act on $14 Billion Hole in MTA Capital Plan (News)
    • Livery Driver Kills Man Near Yankee Stadium; No Charges (Gothamist)
    • SUV Driver Kills Man Walking By Double-Parked Vehicle in Midwood; No Charges (News)
    • QChron Talks to Transit Advocates About Woodhaven BRT
    • Surprise: Bus Lanes for the Q44 Have Some People Freaking Out About Traffic (QChron)
    • Queens CB 3 Votes for Raft of Bike/Ped Improvements (QChron)
    • Staten Island North Shore Residents Clog Streets With Cars to Protest Upzoning (Advance)
    • Delivering Mattresses By Bike Cuts Costs For Start-Up Casper (Crain's)
    • Parking Spaces of the .001 Percent (DNA)
    • Damned Bike Lanes (Post)

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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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