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By Ben Fried

8:50 AM EST on March 11, 2016

NJ Transit Contract Negotiations Hurtle Toward the Brink (Politico, NYT, WNYC)
More Coverage of Bratton Undermining de Blasio’s Vision Zero Goals (Gothamist, News)
Van Driver Kills Man Crossing Intersection With No Crosswalk in Highbridge (News)
Yellow Cab Driver Hits Two People and Crashes Into Building on First Ave (DNA, Post)
Pedestrians Account for More Than a Quarter of Traffic Deaths in NY and NJ (MTR)
Melinda Katz Supports Bringing Passenger Service Back to LIRR Lower Montauk Branch (TL)
NY Water Taxi Ultimatum: Pick Us for City Ferry Contract or We’ll Stop Operating (DNA, News, Politico)
DOT: Woodhaven SBS Won’t Cost $400 Million After All (QChron)
DOT Investigating Potential Overtime Abuses in Road Repair Divisions (News)
Staten Island Gets the $200 Million Repaving Project of James Oddo’s Dreams (DNA)
How Manhattan’s Public Squares Got Their Names (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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