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By
Ben Fried
8:56 AM EST on March 3, 2017
- DOT Has a Plan to Flip 5th Ave Parking Lane to Protect Cyclists South of 23rd (AMNY)
- 11 Electeds Tell State DOT to Make West Side Highway Safer (AMNY)
- After 51 Meetings, Will DOT and MTA Get Woodhaven SBS Running This Year? (NY1)
- Council Members Want to Put the Public Back in Privately Owned Public Spaces (Curbed)
- Bike Snob on Ann Pfoser Darby and the Arbitrary Power of Community Board Members
- City Hall Banking on Taxi Medallion Sales as Though Uber Doesn’t Exist (WNYC)
- Lower Speed Limit Coming to 19th Ave in Borough Park (Bklyner)
- A Water Main Break Caused Massive Subway Delays During the Evening Rush (Post, News)
- This Elmhurst Transit Planning Workshop Doesn’t Sound Too Productive (QChron)
- Riverdale Press: De Blasio Needs to Get Up to Speed on Hudson Greenway Plans for the Bronx
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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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