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By
Ben Fried
8:55 AM EST on December 5, 2016
- Anonymous NYPD Sources Wants to Undo a Decade of Progress for Walking, Biking, and Buses (Post)
- The Times Looks at What’s Next for Citi Bike and How It Could Expand to More Neighborhoods
- MTA Fare Hike Hearings Begin Today (AMNY)
- Eric Adams and Melinda Katz Will Revive Call to Lower LIRR Fares for City Residents (AMNY)
- Sign of Progress on LIRR Third Track — MTA Completes Draft EIS (TL)
- Developer: Parking Mandates in Red Hook Are Way Too High (Curbed)
- Does Alan Dershowitz Remember That His Sister-in-Law Was Killed By a Driver While Biking? (News)
- Driver Crashes on Union Turnpike and Dies; Pedestrian Found Dead By Prospect Expwy (News, Post)
- The Case for Better Car-Free Options to the Catskills (Cap’n Transit)
- Damned Bike Lanes (Advance)
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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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