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By Ben Fried

8:57 AM EDT on July 22, 2016

Deputy Mayor Asks Port Authority to “Reconsider” Bus Terminal Redesign Process (Crain’s, WNYC, NY1)
Komanoff to NYPD: A Bike Bell Wouldn’t Have Saved Matthew von Ohlen (News)
Dan Biederman: Penn Station Overhaul Needs to Include Better Streets for Pedestrians (Crain’s)
Tour Bus Driver Veers Onto Fifth Ave Sidewalk By Central Park, Smashing Into Tree (News, DNA, Post)
The Islanders Might Leave Barclays Center and Build an Arena By Citi Field (Post)
Nydia Velazquez Comes Out Against F Express (DNA)
Brooklyn DA Has Until January 17 to Indict the Drunk Driving Cop Who Killed Andrew Esquivel (Post)
Developer Envisions Cramming 12,000 Airport Parking Stalls Into Neighborhoods Near LGA (QChron)
Shocker: Watering Down Woodhaven SBS Hasn’t Placated the NIMBYs (QChron)
Jake Dobkin’s Sensible Bike-on-Subway Etiquette Tips (Gothamist)

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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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