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By
Ben Fried
8:53 AM EDT on April 27, 2016
- De Blasio’s Ferry and Streetcar Plans Please the Same Developers (Politico)
- John Kaehny on de Blasio Campaign Financing: Don’t Let City Hall Become as Corrupt as Albany (News)
- Van Bramer: NYC Deserves a Bigger Say on MTA Board (Crain’s)
- Not Much Thought Went Into the Walk/Bike Detour During Pelham Parkway Reconstruction (BxTimes)
- 10 Pedestrian Injuries Led to 4 Failure-to-Yield Summonses in the Last Month on the UWS (DNA)
- NYC Needs More Bike Racks and a Fair, Predictable System for Removing Derelict Bikes (DNA)
- Subway Platforms Crumble in Eastchester (NY1) and Flatbush (Post)
- Uber Planning Big Expansion in Upstate Cities (Politico)
- Parking Brings Out the Best in People (Bklyn Paper)
- Why Public Spaces Matter, Prince Edition (News)
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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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