Today’s Headlines
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Ben Fried
8:49 AM EDT on August 19, 2016
- Woodhaven SBS Is in the Federal Funding Pipeline But Won’t Get Money Next Year (QChron)
- Garbage Truck Driver Critically Injures Cyclist in Crown Heights; Daily News: Was He Wearing a Helmet?
- Remembering Antonio Flores, Struck By Driver While Biking on Broadway in Jackson Heights (QChron)
- Why NY and NJ Need to Get Moving on the Gateway Project (MTR)
- De Blasio to Speak Firmly With Council Members About Housing Development (Politico, Crain’s)
- Bike-Share Expansion South of Atlantic Avenue Kicked Off Yesterday (@CitiBikeNYC)
- The Post Dreams of Driverless Ubers With “Empty Front Seats” Cruising Around NYC
- More Coverage of the Town Hall Where de Blasio and Vacca Stood Up for E Tremont Road Diet (BxTimes)
- Two NJTransit Bus Drivers Collided in Newark, Killing One (PIX, ABC7)
- Port Authority Offers Weekend Bus Service to Make Up for Closed PATH Stations in Manhattan (News)
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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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