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By
Ben Fried
8:55 AM EDT on June 22, 2016
- Clinton Ave Bike Lane Not Happening in Any Form (Bklyn Paper)
- Maybe If Cuomo Reduced Crowding, Fewer Sex Crimes Would Be Committed on the Subway (News, Post)
- Red Light-Running Green Cab Driver Rams Another Car Onto Rego Park Sidewalk, Injuring 2 Peds (DNA)
- The Daily News Can Declare Victory in Its War on Elmo and Painted Breasts (NYT, Crain’s, DNA)
- Brooklyn Heights Residents Fancy the Notion of a Streetcar But Don’t Want to Pay for It (DNA)
- City Council Votes to Allow Retail in Water Street Arcades (Crain’s)
- Survivor Recounts Sudden Violence of High-Speed Crash in East Village Three Years Ago (News)
- Video: Sociopaths With Cars on the LIE (News)
- All You Need to Do to Keep Cars Out of a Lincoln Tunnel Traffic Lane Is Move a Few Cones (Post)
- Frequent Service Matters (Gothamist)
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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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