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By Ben Fried

8:58 AM EDT on September 30, 2016

Hoboken Train Crash — 1 Dead, 108 Injured (NYT, AP, NY1, News, Post, WNYC, Politico)
Under Christie, NJ Transit Is “an Agency in Distress” (NYT)
Would Positive Train Control Have Prevented the Crash? (WSJ, Post)
NJ Transit Service Will Be Disrupted for Weeks (News)
New Bill From Glick and Peralta Would Suspend Licenses of Repeat School Zone Speeders (DNA)
The Fair Fares Campaign Finds a Receptive Audience at Hunter College (DNA)
Gridlock Sam Talks Driverless Cars With the Brooklyn Paper
MTA: W Train Service Will Return to Astoria November 7 (TL)
People in the 112th Precinct Want a Plan to Stop Honking and Double-Parking (QChron)
9 Ideas From Around the World for Better Streets and Transit (AMNY)

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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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