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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 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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