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8:49 AM EDT on October 3, 2017

    • For a Week, These Pols Will Deal With the Constraints of an Inaccessible Subway System (News, AMNY)
    • Manhattan DA, NYPD Bust Fake Placard Ring; Official Placard Abusers, Carry On (Post)
    • The Malliotakis Streets Plan: Take Money From Safety Projects, Spend It on Traffic Signals (Advance)
    • Who Will Be Anointed the Next City Council Speaker? (NYT)
    • Nine Injured When Van Driver and MTA Bus Driver Collide on Merrick Blvd (Post)
    • NJ State Senator Loretta Weinberg Open to Build-in-Place Expansion of PA Bus Terminal (Bloomberg)
    • Cuomo's DOT Spending $110 Million on Kew Gardens Highway Interchange (TL)
    • 1st Precinct Commandeers Block of Varick Bike Lane for Parking (Tribeca Citizen)
    • Men's Style Section Has Some Advice for Office Workers Who Bike Commute (NYT)
    • The Sun Has Delayed Staten Island Express Buses, Says MTA (Advance)

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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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