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By
Ben Fried
8:54 AM EDT on August 1, 2016
- Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Two Pedestrians in Cypress Hills (News)
- Driver Kills Man on 12th Ave at 46th Street; No Charges (News)
- Politico, DNA Cover de Blasio’s Comments to Brian Lehrer on the L Train Shutdown
- Optimistic Takes on What the Mayor’s Saying About Car-Free 14th Street (Post, AMNY)
- Why London’s Fare Payment System Makes Sense for the MTA (2nd Ave Sagas)
- New York Needs the G Train More Than Ever (NYT)
- More Coverage of Vacca’s Decision to Override CB 10 on East Tremont Road Diet (BxTimes)
- Trottenberg Doesn’t Rule Out an Extension of S.I. Ferry to E 34th Street (DNA)
- 6 People Injured in Two-Car Crash in Mt. Eden (News)
- DOT Safety Workshop for Flatbush/Atlantic Intersection Happening This Wednesday (DNA)
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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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