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By
Ben Fried
8:51 AM EST on December 21, 2015
- The MTA Isn’t Saving for a Rainy Day (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Tomorrow: Vigil for Victoria Nicodemus, Cut Down By Reckless Driver in Fort Greene (DNA)
- Jimmy Vacca Won’t Support More Housing and Less Parking Near Subway Stations (BxTimes)
- Fire Engine and SUV Drivers Collide in East Flatbush, 5 Injured (News)
- Driver Injures Pedestrian at 149th Street and the Grand Concourse Friday Night (News)
- Cap’n Transit: America’s Transportation System Isn’t Stratified Because of Uber, Lyft, Et Al
- The Extraordinary Amount of Energy Cuomo Spends to Belittle de Blasio (Politico)
- Why NYPD and Motivate Want to Reassess the Price of a Citi Bike (Post)
- Gas Prices in NYC at a Six-Year Low (Advance)
- In the 1920s, Full Second Avenue Subway Was Projected to Cost $86M, or About $1.2B in 2015 (AMNY)
- 2015 in Review: “The Mayor Has Begun to Read Obscure Transportation Blogs” (WSJ via @Azi)
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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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