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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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