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By Ben Fried

8:53 AM EDT on July 1, 2016

Wider Sidewalks Now! (NYT) …the 8th Ave Bike Lane Depends On It (Gothamist)
Porsche Driver Jumps Sidewalk and Kills Woman in Elmhurst, Flees Scene (News, Post)
Ridership on the B44 Up 10% With Bus Lanes and Off-Board Fare Payment (AMNY)
Select Bus Service on the B46 Launches This Weekend (DNA)
Cuomo Trying to Bully NYC Into Covering Albany’s Share of Expensive BQE Repairs (Bklyn Paper)
Three More BQE Meeting Stories From the Brooklyn Paper
Is Today the Day New Jersey Raises Its Gas Tax? (MTR)
Gia Morris’s Ruling Affirms the Daily News Campaign Against the Right of Way Law
Advocates Sue MTA for Failing to Make Stations Accessible to the Disabled (NY1)
Queens Lawmakers Want to Mandate Insurance Discounts for Drivers With Dashcams (NY1)
Port Authority Has Come a Long Way on Transparency, Say Port Authority Bosses (Politico)

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Ben Fried

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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