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By
Ben Fried
8:54 AM EST on November 20, 2017
- How a Generation of Political Malpractice Culminated in Failing Subways Under Andrew Cuomo (NYT)
- Do Lee Explains the Absurdity of NYC’s E-Bike Ban to Brian Lehrer (WNYC)
- Driver, 18, Killed in T-Bone Crash on Dangerous Richmond Hill Street (News)
- Man Unexpectedly Dies Day After Crashing Into Stalled Vehicle on Staten Island Expressway (News)
- Woman Fleeing Police Crashes on Hylan Blvd, Flipping Car End-Over-End (Advance)
- Now That Eastern Queens Has Some Decent Bike Lanes, Cranks Come Out of the Woodwork (QChron)
- Wider Sidewalks Give People Breathing Room on One of NYC’s Busiest Walking Streets (TL, QChron)
- Estelle Davis Has Looked Out for Kids Walking at 145th and Adam Clayton Powell for 40 Years (NYT)
- Charlie Komanoff’s “Balanced Transportation Analyzer” Gets a Star Turn in Vice
- Damned Train Tracks (News)
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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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