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By Ben Fried

8:55 AM EST on February 21, 2017

DOT May Extend Fulton Street Bus Lanes to Clinton Hill (Bklyn Paper)
Third Avenue and Seventh Avenue — Throwbacks to 1950s Street Design (AMNY)
Port Authority Mulls $4 Fee for Taxi Pick-Ups and Drop-Offs at Airports (News)
Daily News: Forget the AirTrain to LaGuardia and Extend the N Instead
DOT Watered Down Its Bike Lane Plan for the DUMBO Section of Jay Street (Bklyn Paper)
City Limits Surveys the State of Street Safety in NYC
Why Exactly Are These North Brooklyn Merchants So Upset About the L Train Replacement Plan? (DNA)
What It Would Take to Complete Cuomo’s 750-Mile Empire State Trail System (NYT)
Midtown South Precinct Uses Ninth Avenue Turn Lane as “Overflow Parking” (DNA)
Thanks, Robert Moses (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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