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By Ben Fried

8:51 AM EST on November 13, 2017

Select Bus Service Launches on the Q52/Q53 on Woodhaven Boulevard (NY1)
Subway Delays Up 4.5 Percent in September Compared to 2016 (NY1)
Driver Kills Taranjit Parmar, 18, After Fender-Bender on Hempstead Turnpike and Peels Off (News)
Woman Drives Mustang Into Two Kids and Through Front of House in Jamaica (News)
Man Assaults Uber Driver, Who Gets Into Car, Crashes and Dies on West Street Minutes Later (News)
A Muddled Look at Crash Rates and Street Safety From the Post
BQX Has No Tracks or Even a Route, But Here’s What a Streetcar Might Look Like (Post)
9-Page MTA Memo Tells Subway Conductors to Steer Clear of Canned Service Announcements (News)
Tony Avella Now Blaming Every Fender-Bender on Northern Boulevard on a Bike Lane (QChron, TL)
Pity the Sorry Souls Who Get Cheap Parking on Manhattan Streets (Post)
What Should We Name the MetroCard Replacement? (AMNY)

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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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