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By
Ben Fried
8:52 AM EDT on May 31, 2016
- Turning Driver Struck and Killed Maria Serrano, 50, on Amboy Road (Advance, News)
- Steve Levin Is All for the Jay Street Redesign (Bklyn Paper)
- Don’t Speed (News, AMNY, Post)
- Daily News: Step to It on Gateway Tunnel, But Don’t Forget to Vet Amtrak’s Penn Station Plans
- Remember When Diversity Plaza Was a “Barren” Failure? (TL)
- People Who Park Illegally — the Ultimate Victims (Post)
- A Defender of Illegal Motorbikes Makes His Case With a Big Dose of Bicycle Resentment (News)
- EDC’s Traveling BQX Streetcar Show Comes to Williamsburg This Week (DNA)
- Item! Council Member Andy King Biked to His District Office on Bike to Work Day (BxTimes)
- Damned Bike Lanes (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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