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By Ben Fried

8:58 AM EDT on July 12, 2016

Momentum for Gateway Tunnel: Someone’s in Charge, Federal Funding Expected (WSJ, Politico)
The Constant Stress of Walking While Black in NYC (LitHub)
Demonstrating in the Street That Black Lives Matter? Bratton Doesn’t Want to Hear It (Gothamist)
Pokémon Go, Curing America’s Obesity Epidemic One Rattata at a Time… (NYT, News)
…and Giving the Nation a Terrifying New Distracted Driving Threat (Jalopnik, AMNY)
How Bed Stuy Restoration Introduced Bed Stuy Residents to Bike-Share (AMNY)
Vacca Blames Bronx CB 10 for Dangerous Conditions Where Driver Killed Giovanni Nin (Bx Times)
UberPOOL Tries to Compete on Price With the Subway (AMNY)
2nd Ave Sagas: Select Bus Service Is Good, But NYC Can Do Better
Don’t Believe the Driverless Car Hype (NYT)

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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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