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By Ben Fried

8:53 AM EDT on October 9, 2017

Amtrak Put Off Critical Track Repairs to Let Work on Moynihan Station, East Side Access Proceed (NYT)
Daily News: It’s Time for NYC to Put William Vickrey’s Congestion Pricing Ideas Into Practice
The Thing About Congestion Pricing Is That People Like It a Lot More After They See It Work (AMNY)
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Hilda Arocho, 82, Just Outside Her Home in Wakefield (AMNY)
Nancy Pease, 55, Died 12 Days After a Drunk Driver Struck Her During the TA Century (News)
Van Driver Who Crashed Into Bus on Staten Island Succumbs to Injuries (News)
Motorcyclist Critically Injures Pedestrian in East New York (News, Post)
SUV Driver Hits Father and Two Kids Walking to PS 9 in Prospect Heights (DNA)
Report: NYC Still Has a Long Way to Go to Make Its Sidewalks Accessible (NYT)
Woodhaven Blvd SBS NIMBYs Can’t Wait to Deem Bus Lanes and Ped Medians a Failure (QChron)

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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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