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By Ben Fried

8:57 AM EDT on April 18, 2016

Parks Department Truck Driver Kills Skateboarder Near Forest Park (News, Post)
Accounts of Clinton Hill Cyclist Fatality Remain Inconsistent (News, Bklyn Paper)
Tractor-Trailer Driver Critically Injures Man in Maspeth (Post)
MTA Won’t Close Canarsie Tube for Repairs Until 2019 (NY1)
72nd Street Station Construction May Hold Up Opening of 2nd Ave Subway (2nd Ave Sagas)
Shelly Silver and Judy Rapfogel Still Drive Cars With Government Parking Placards (Post)
C&S Spoke to People on the Street About the BQX Streetcar
Chris Christie in No Hurry to Fix NJ Transit’s Budget Mess (WNYC, MTR)
Thousands of Words in the Times on the Impeding Closure of a Soho Gas Station
How Not to Coordinate a Multi-City Bike-Share System (Jersey Journal)

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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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