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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 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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