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Ben Fried
8:53 AM EDT on April 13, 2017
- Kelly Hurley, 31, Struck By Truck Driver on 1st Ave Last Week, Has Died From the Injuries (News, DNA)
- Will Broadway in Midtown Go Car-Free More Than Six Hours a Year? (AMNY)
- Starting in September, Boarding the Staten Island Ferry Won’t Feel Like Such a Crush (DNA, Post)
- NY Waterway Will Make Its Hoboken-Midtown Service Permanent (Post)
- David Dinkins Keeps Skipping Out on His Deposition for Hitting a Delivery Cyclist and Fleeing (Post)
- An MTA Bus Burst Into Flames By Grand Central This Morning (AMNY)
- The Struggle to Get the 1st Precinct to Take Action Against Placard Abuse (Trib Citizen)
- People Are Up in Arms Over DDC’s Handling of the Pelham Parkway Reconstruction (BxTimes)
- Di Napoli: Port Washington Line Gets Less Reliable When Mets Fans Head to Citi Field (News)
- There’s Already a Transit Fantasy Map for Rikers Island (News)
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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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