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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 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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