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By
Ben Fried
8:51 AM EST on December 15, 2015
- De Blasio: “Community Boards Don’t Get to Decide” on Street Redesigns (WSJ)
- City Limits Checks In on the City’s Vision Zero Progress
- Turning MTA Bus Driver Hits and Kills Woman in Sheepshead Bay Crosswalk (News, Post)
- Subway Delays Soaring as Platforms and Trains Get More Crowded (WNYC)
- Alon Levy: MTA Should Change How It Determines Subway Frequencies (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Assault, Groping, and Lewdness in Subways on the Rise Too (Post, AMNY)
- Hit-and-Run Victim Urabia Nelson Is Unresponsive and Her Sister Wants Justice (News)
- “Moderate Risk” 2nd Avenue Subway Won’t Start Service in 2016 (News)
- NYPD Enforcing Traffic Laws Near Senior Centers This Week (NYT, DNA)
- DOT Clocks 60 Percent of Drivers on Astoria Boulevard Speeding (TL)
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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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