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By
Ben Fried
8:59 AM EDT on August 26, 2016
- Son of Slain Cyclist Michael Schenkman: “We Are Not a Bike-Friendly City” (NYT, News)
- Politico Asks Whether First Deputy Mayor Anthony Shorris Has Too Much on His Plate
- As Uber and Lyft Grow in NYC, So Do Crashes Involving Black Cars (Post)
- Sanitation Commish Kathryn Garcia Makes the Business Case for Waste Carting Reform (Crain’s)
- Driver Rear-Ends Parked Bus, Critically Injuring 5-Year-Old Boy in Car (News)
- Texas Woman Who Crashed on Central Park Loop Succumbs to Injuries (News)
- A New Defense Tactic for Drivers Who Harm Pedestrians With the Right of Way (Post)
- The Lesson of the Cricket-Filled Subway Car Is: Never Pull the Emergency Brake (Post, 2AS)
- Not on the List of Terrible Things About NYC Buses: The Lack of Wi-Fi (AMNY)
- Read the Comments on This Change.org Petition and Gaze Into the Abyss
- Got a Rhyme About What the NYC Region Needs Today? Send It to the RPA
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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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