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By
Ben Fried
8:51 AM EST on February 3, 2016
- Amsterdam Ave Protected Bike Lane Clears CB 7 in 28-13 Vote (AMNY) — Full Coverage Soon
- Even Light Parking Reforms Will Be a Heavy Lift in City Council (Gotham Gazette)
- Parking Pay-By-Phone to Launch Later This Year (News)
- Lyft Joins Uber in Race to the Bottom (Post); TLC Takes Note (News)
- Fordham Plaza Ready for Its Redesign (BxTimes)
- What You Can Do to Get Better Walking/Biking Policy Out of Albany (MTR)
- A Peek Inside the Transportation Industry’s Revolving Door — DOT Comes Out Looking OK (News)
- Gale Brewer and Eric Adams Want More Ferry Subsidies (Crain’s)
- Driver Who Killed Passenger in High-Speed Staten Island Crash Succumbs to Injuries (News, Advance)
- Your Daily Dose of Moronic Comments (With Some Common Sense Tacked On) About Bike Lanes (DNA)
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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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