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By Ben Fried

8:51 AM EST on March 1, 2016

Turning Livery Driver Kills Carol Dauplaise, 77, at 36th and Madison (Post, News, Gothamist)
A Great Look at the Senior Housing Crunch in NYC and Why Parking Minimums Stink (Politico)
Brad Lander Has Some Questions About the BQX Streetcar (Brooklyn Paper)
L Train Riders to MTA: Open J/M/Z and G Entrances Before Canarsie Tube Repairs (DNA)
To Calm Traffic on Astoria Blvd, DOT Lifts Rush-Hour Parking Ban (QChron)
Ghost Bike Dedication for Stanley Marshall, Killed While Biking on Richmond Road February 16 (Advance)
Moronic Post Opinion Writers Blame Increase in Emergency Response Times on Bike Lanes, Plazas
Should For-Hire Drivers in NYC Have to Speak English? (Post)
Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed NYPD Officer in Jersey Turns Self In (AP)
Q44 Rider: SBS Works, It Just Needs to Run More Frequently (Times Ledger)
The Precursor to the Subway Was a One-Block-Long Pneumatic Tube (News)

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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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