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By Ben Fried

9:00 AM EDT on September 6, 2016

Van Driver Kills Cyclist in East Elmhurst; Cops Blame Victim (News)
This Week Anthony Foxx Can Turn Up the Pressure to Remove Highways in New York State (MTR)
Inside the Lobbying Effort Against the Proposed Waste Transfer Station on the UES (Politico)
David Dinkins Sued for Striking Cyclist and Fleeing, Deploys the “I Didn’t See Him” Defense (Post)
NYPD Driver Crashes Squad Car in Park Slope, Injuring Two (News)
Cap’n Transit Is Concerned About the Queens Boulevard Redesign at 57th Avenue
DOT Studying Safety Fixes at Corporal Kennedy Street and 26th Ave in Bayside (TL)
Policy Change Makes Broken Fare Machines Less of a Hassle for SBS Riders (DNA)
You Can Exhale, Hermine Didn’t Give Cuomo a Good Excuse to Shut Down the Subways (NY1)
Who Knew? The Budnick Bikeway Makes a Great Backdrop for a Wedding Photo Shoot (Post)

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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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