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By Ben Fried

8:53 AM EST on February 29, 2016

Horrible Traffic Death Toll Over the Weekend (News, NYT, Post, DNA)
Leave It to CBS2 to Find a Source Who Blames Hit-and-Run Carnage on the Damned Bike Lanes
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Off-Duty NYPD Officer in Jersey (News, Fox5)
NBBL Wars: The Farce Awakens (Gothamist)
A Rosy Spin on What DC’s Streetcar Tribulations Mean for NYC (NYT)
Hard to Hold Cuomo Accountable for the MTA When Most New Yorkers Don’t Know He Runs It (NY1)
51 Percent of New Yorkers Don’t Feel Safe on the Subway at Night (Politico)
If You Want to Kick Up a Fuss About the Times Square Plazas, the Daily News Is Your Platform
News Lays Into Port Authority and Calatrava for $4.4 Billion PATH Station
Same Guys Who Try to Stop All Multi-Modal Projects in Harlem Line Up Against Citi Bike (News)
Metered Parking Coming to Fulton Street in Clinton Hill (DNA)

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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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