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By Ben Fried

8:51 AM EDT on September 12, 2016

Primary Day Is Tomorrow and Politico Has a Guide to the Races
Jay Street Protected Bike Lane Needs Better Protection (Bklyn Paper 1, 2, 3)
Traffic on the Rise on MTA and Port Authority Crossings (Post)
23-Year-Old Woman Killed in Two-Car Crash in Ozone Park (News, Post)
Vehicular Killing of Senior Spurs Call for Traffic Calming on Bronxdale Ave (BxTimes)
There’s Less Public Review for Huge Highway Widenings on Staten Island Than for NYC Bike Lanes (LL)
Here’s How the Post Covered de Blasio’s Remarks About Street Safety on Brian Lehrer
Tri-State: Reduce Traffic Deaths By Investing in Transit
Citi Bike NIMBY Mad Libs, Industrial Gowanus Edition (DNA)
Eat Your Heart Out, Woody Allen (Patch)

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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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