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By Ben Fried

8:48 AM EST on December 22, 2015

MTA Bus Driver Charged Under Right of Way Law for Killing Eleonora Shulkin (Gothamist, News)
De Blasio Reflects Two Years In: “I Want to Do Better” (NYT)
Ben Kabak Has Some Advice In Case the Mayor Is Reading His Obscure Transportation Blog
John Massengale: We Need to Redesign NYC Streets for 20 MPH Max Speeds (City Limits)
Trottenberg and Chan Beg Staten Islanders to Drive Safely (Advance)
Elderly Driver Strikes Traffic Agent on Hylan Blvd; NYPD: “No Criminality Suspected” (Advance 1, 2)
Everything You Wanted to Know About NYC’s New Transit Commuter Benefit Law (Gotham Gazette)
Queens CB 5 Votes for Jamaica-Hunters Point LIRR (TL)
NY1 Looks Back at the 2005 Transit Strike
Here Are the Mid-Block Shortcuts to Bypass Times Square’s Crowded Sidewalks (WSJ)

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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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