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By Ben Fried

8:49 AM EDT on October 17, 2017

Another Day, Another Signal Problem Blowing Up Service on 8 Subway Lines (DNA, AMNY, Gothamist)
The LIRR Was a Mess During the PM Rush for Good Measure (DNA)
MTA Claims It’s Making Progress on Reducing Sky-High Capital Costs (News, AMNY, NY1)
Christie Offering $7 Billion in Tax Breaks to Lure Amazon — Too Bad He Let NJ Transit Fall Apart (NYT)
Box Truck Driver Backing Out of Loading Bay Kills Woman, 64, at Canarsie Warehouse (DNA)
Police Van Driver Runs Over Kid With Machete, Fracturing His Pelvis (News)
A Start-Up Is Measuring the Stress of Biking NYC Streets Using Biosensors (NYT)
MTA Cutting Back on Overnight Station Cleaning Despite Risk of Track Fires (Post)
We’re About to Find Out If a Privately-Financed Staten Island-Bayonne Gondola Is Feasible (Advance)
What, No Bus Lanes or Bike Lanes in Kalman Yeger’s Neighborhood Traffic Plan? (Yeshiva World)

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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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