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By 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

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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