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By Ben Fried

8:49 AM EDT on August 31, 2015

Planning Chair Carl Weisbrod Spewing Nonsense About Times Square Plazas (DNA)
De Blasio: Task Force Will “Ensure Times Square Remains a Safe, Positive, Popular Public Space” (News)
Jan Gehl: European Cities Had to Learn How to Manage Their Public Spaces Too (NYT)
Even the Daily News Doesn’t Think the Plazas Should Be Removed
Public Space Pros Say NYC Needs a Better Framework for Managing Plazas (Politico)
Three People Killed in NYC Traffic Crashes Over the Weekend (Post)
Driver Plows Onto Bronx Sidewalk, Seriously Injuring Mother of Three (WNBC, Post)
How Car2Go Handles Parking Tickets Racked Up By Its NYC Customers (WSJ)
Pope’s Visit Will Put Trans-Hudson Transit Capacity to the Test (WSJ)
How Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue Went “From Grand Parkway to Canyon of Mediocrity” (Curbed)
Gothamist Delivers a Lesson on Dealing With Rude Cyclists — And Why Bike Laws Should Change

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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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