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By Ben Fried

8:48 AM EDT on September 18, 2017

Vanterpool: A Progressive Mayor Would Make Congestion Pricing a Priority (News)
After Another Serious Midtown Bike Crash, DOT Says Better Crosstown Lanes Are Coming (DNA)
Malliotakis Volunteers to Hand Over NYC’s Rainy Day Funds to Cuomo’s MTA (AMNY)
Power Failure Caused Chaos on Five Subway Lines Sunday Afternoon (NYT, Post, NY1)
MTA Bus and Charter Bus Collide in Flushing — One Dead, Eight Severely Injured (News, AMNY)
SUV Driver Strikes Man on Citi Bike at 31st Street and Third Ave (Gothamist)
NYPD Arrested at Least 10 People for Riding Bikes in a Large Group Yesterday (Post)
Bike Racks Coming to MTA Buses That Cross Between the Bronx and Queens (AMNY)
QChron Surveys the State of Placard Abuse Outside Queens Borough Hall
Upcoming 2-Year Manhattan Bridge Rehab Will Take Out a Car Lane, Narrow Ped Path (DNA)
UN General Assembly in Town This Week — East Side Bike Network Will Be a Mess (Bike Snob)

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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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