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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 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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