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By
Ben Fried
8:50 AM EDT on March 29, 2016
- Meet the Circular Firing Squad Responsible for the Leaky Hudson Yards 7 Station (NYT)
- City Council to Vote Next Week on Giving DOT Authority to Establish New Rules for Plazas (Gothamist)
- Another Downside to Having Two Different Bike-Share Systems in Neighboring Cities (Jersey Journal)
- Gridlock Sam Talks Move NY and Crumbling BQE With the Brooklyn Paper
- 2016 Bike Map Is Out — Check Twitter and Update It Accordingly (Gothamist, DNA 1, 2)
- Northern Boulevard Will Get New Pedestrian Islands, Crosswalks, Turn Bans in July (TL)
- How Vision Zero Parallels the Fight Against Drunk Driving a Generation Ago (Velojoy)
- 300 More Parking Spaces Coming to St. George/SI Ferry Terminal (YIMBY)
- Winter’s Over — Time for the Year’s First Coverage of the Cramped Brooklyn Bridge Bike/Ped Path (WSJ)
- The Joy of Biking Around NYC With Young Kids (@jehiah)
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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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