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By
Ben Fried
8:55 AM EST on December 12, 2017
- In a Snap, New Yorkers Return to Their Regular Crummy Subway Service (NYT)
- City Council Votes to Compel NYPD to Disclose Racial and Location Data on Fare Evasion Arrests (News)
- MTA Committee Advances $1.8 Billion Contract to Build LIRR Third Track, Including 5 Garages (AMNY)
- Rollout of Computerized Signals on 7 Train Delayed Yet Again (AMNY)
- NYC’s First Subway Platform Doors Slated for Third Ave L Station (News)
- Gelinas: De Blasio Letting NYPD Security Theater Wreck Midtown Streets (Post)
- Crain’s Surveys the State of Dockless Bike-Share and Its Potential Arrival in NYC
- Reynoso and Rodriguez Demand Answers About L Train Shutdown Plan (Post, AMNY)
- Driver Who Severely Injured Woman in Prospect Park Was a Rampaging Teenager (News)
- Same-Day Retail Delivery Services Reviving Bike Courier Industry in Manhattan (Crain’s)
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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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