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Ben Fried
8:58 AM EST on January 26, 2016
- The Indignity of Walking After a Snowstorm (Gothamist, MTR, DNA)
- The Indignity of Riding the Bus After a Snowstorm (Advance)
- Montreal Has Pedestrian-Friendly Snow Removal Figured Out (NY Mag)
- Sanitation Department Had 920 Shovelers Clearing Sidewalks and Bus Stops (Post)
- It Was a Nasty Morning Commute for LIRR Riders Yesterday (WNYC)
- Of Course Rory Lancman Is Going to Hold a Hearing About the City’s Storm Response (DNA, News)
- What Happens When a Cop Writes the Report for a Crash That He Caused… And There’s Video (Post)
- Times Mag Does a Deep Dive Into Last Year’s Amtrak Wreck Outside Philly
- Open Gangway Subway Cars Look Marvelous, But Will You Live to Ride Them? (News)
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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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