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By
Ben Fried
8:43 AM EST on November 6, 2017
- State and City Need to Fix Clumsy Greenway Barriers Pronto (AMNY, News, WNYC)
- Pick-Up Truck Driver Kills Margherita Palumbo, 68, on Jewett Avenue; No Charges (News)
- Van Driver Fractures Skull of NYPD Detective Crossing Richmond Avenue; No Charges (News, Post)
- Brooklyn DA Charges Man With Murder for Driving Drunk and Killing Passenger (TL)
- Bike Lanes Were a Hot Topic at de Blasio’s Queens Village Town Hall (QNS)
- Here’s Why Numbered Subway Lines Slowed Down on Friday at 10 a.m. (News)
- Uber Trips Rising Fast in Eastern Queens (TL)
- Carpool App Via Crowdsources Where It Should Expand Service in NYC (NYT)
- Westchester Opens Final Segment of 37-Mile Greenway Connecting Bronx to Putnam (Journal News)
- NYC Cyclists Won’t Be Deterred By a Maniac With a Rental Truck (Time, TBD)
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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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