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By
Ben Fried
8:46 AM EST on March 7, 2016
- NJ Transit Prepares for Strike as Negotiations Continue (NYT)
- MTA to Award Design/Engineering Contract for 2nd Ave Subway Phase 2 By Summer (News, NY1, SAS)
- DOT Activating Bus Lane Enforcement Cameras on 7 Routes in Queens Today (NY1)
- 90-Year-Old Dorothy Heimann Dies From Head Trauma Inflicted By Turning Driver (Post)
- Teen Car Theft/Police Chase Ends in Crash in Coney Island (News)
- Maybe There Should Be a Toll on the BQE to Keep It From Falling Apart (Bklyn Paper)
- At Least Queens CB 9 Supports Pedestrian Islands on Rockaway Boulevard (QChron)
- Crosswalks Fading to Oblivion By PS 59 in New Brighton (Advance)
- Alexandra Lange Assesses the WTC PATH Station for WNYC
- JSK’s New Book Nearly Gave Steve Cuozzo an Aneurysm (Post)
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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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