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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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