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By
Ben Fried
8:57 AM EDT on July 18, 2017
- Track Fire Wrecks Monday’s Commute, 9 People Injured in the Chaos (NYT, News, AMNY, DNA, Post)
- The Collapse of Transit Is Eroding Cuomo’s Poll Numbers (News)
- De Blasio Got a Taste of 7 Train Crowding. When Was the Last Time Cuomo Rode? (Gothamist)
- For Most New Yorkers, Biking Still Doesn’t Feel Like a Safe Alternative to the Subway (MTR)
- Gateway Chief: Private Finance Won’t Build Trans-Hudson Rail (Crain’s)
- NYC Democracy: David Greenfield Bequeaths Council Seat to Hand-Picked Successor (Bklyn Paper, Post)
- Driver Critically Injures Man on 11th Avenue By Chelsea Piers; Police Blame Victim (News)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Fractures Skull of Man Crossing Riverside Drive (DNA)
- Drunk Driver Who Caused Highway Crash That Killed Two Car Passengers Charged With Manslaughter (News)
- Great Car-Free Prospect Park Segment on NY1
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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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