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By Ben Fried

9:00 AM EST on February 15, 2016

Turning Truck Driver Kills Elise Lachowyn, 44, By Javits Center; Victim Blamed for Wearing Hood (Post)
DOT to Widen Sidewalk Where Tenzin Drudak Was Killed, Shrink Sidewalk on Other Side of Street (DNA)
Con-Ed, National Grid Want MTA to Pay for Relocating Utilities for Second Ave Subway (Post)
Calatrava: $4 Billion WTC PATH Station a “Message of Love to the City” (Post)
Eric Adams, Riders Alliance Call for Free Transfers Between Junius/Livonia Stations in Brownsville (NY1)
An R Train Derailed Between 14th Street and 23rd Street Saturday Night (News)
Port Greenlights Two Big Airport Projects and LaGuardia AirTrain Isn’t One of Them (Politico)
Moving? You Can Pay the Cargo Bike Collective to Haul Your Stuff (NYT)
MTA/TWU Have a Plan to Get Station Agents Out of Booths Again (News)
Line Maps on the 2 and 5 Get a New Look (2nd Ave Sagas, NY1)

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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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