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By Ben Fried

8:58 AM EDT on August 29, 2017

You Can Totally Trust Chris Christie When He Says NJ Transit’s Not a Patronage Mill (Politico)
MTA Operations Execs Scrambling as Directives Come Down From Lhota (News)
“Dockless” Bike-Share — the Times Is on It
Truck Driver Strikes and Kills Man on Clearview Expressway (QNS, TL)
EDC Launches Northwest Queens-to-Manhattan Ferry Route (NYT, AMNY)
De Blasio Still Intrigued By Notion of Tourist-Only Fares to Ride Staten Island Ferry (AMNY, NY1)
Staten Island Police Charging Kids With Reckless Endangerment for Bike Stunts (Advance)
New York Is Going to Miss Julissa Ferreras (News, Post)
Commute to Penn Station? WNYC Wants to Hear About Your Summer

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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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