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By Ben Fried

8:50 AM EDT on March 20, 2017

It’s Happening: Cuomo Will Tear Down the Sheridan Expressway (NYT, News, Politico)
The Real Reason DOT’s Taking Years to Redesign 111th Street — James Lisa Lives There (Voice)
Transit Fares Went Up Yesterday, But Transit Service Isn’t Getting Any Better (AMNY, Post, NY1)
The Price Disparity Between Free and Tolled East River Crossings Increased Yesterday Too (DNA)
Daily News: It’s Up to NJ Lawmakers to Reform the Port Authority
Christie’s Upset That Trump’s Threatening a Trans-Hudson Transit Tunnel and Irony Is Dead (NYT)
L Train Shutdown Will Last 15 Months, Not 18 — NYC Still Needs a Serious Replacement Plan (Gothamist)
Driver Strikes and Kills Woman on Major Deegan (News)
Yadira Arroyo, Killed By Man Who Hijacked Her Ambulance, Remembered By Her 5 Sons (Post)
Main Street in Downtown Flushing Will Have Wider Sidewalks This Summer (TL, QChron)

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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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