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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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