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By Ben Fried

8:59 AM EST on February 24, 2017

Why Is Transit Ridership Declining While NYC Grows? (NYT)
Freddy Ferrer Isn’t the Crusader for Better Transit We’ve Been Waiting For (AMNY)
More Coverage of City Hall’s Vision Zero Progress Report (News, DNA)
Visualize the Impact of the L Train Shutdown With This Mapping Tool (Sidewalk Labs)
Safety Fixes Coming to Six Intersections in Kew Gardens (QChron)
The Indignity of Riding the Bx7 (Riverdale Press)
MTA Approves Raises for TWU (NY1)
Illegally Parked Big Rigs Are All Over the Streets of Southeast Queens (QChron)
One More Reason to Avoid the BQE (News)

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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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