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By Ben Fried

8:50 AM EDT on June 30, 2015

Halfway Through 2015, Pedestrian Deaths in NYC Haven’t Declined Much (WNYC)
Say It’s an “Accident” and NYPD Will Let You Get Away With Killing Someone With Your Car (News, Post)
NYC’s Transit System Isn’t Keeping Up With Its Population Growth (News)
Uber Deploys Its Pressure Tactics Against City Hall (Crain’s, Post)
De Blasio Taps Maria Torres-Springer, Former Aide to Seth Pinsky, to Run NYC EDC (NYT, Crain’s)
NJ Transit Riders Will Absorb Another Round of Fare Hikes + Service Cuts on Christie’s Watch (MTR)
Reactivated South Brooklyn Marine Terminal Promises to Cut Truck Traffic (CapNY)
DNAinfo Names the Officers Living the Dream of Issuing Bike Tickets By the Hundreds
More Coverage of Central Park Car-Free Expansion From Gothamist and WNYC
13 Metro-North Train Crew Members Indicted for Cheating on Job Exams (NYT, News)
Sharrows on a Few Blocks of Fulton Street Are Too Much for Brooklyn CB 3 (DNA)

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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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