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By Ben Fried

8:57 AM EST on February 20, 2018

Turning UPS Driver Kills Sumiah Ali, 27, on Ashland Place at DeKalb Ave (Bklyn Paper)
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Cyclist, 36, on LaGuardia Service Road (News, Post)
Driver on Union Turnpike Veers Off-Street, Slams Into Loading Dock and Dies (News)
Confirmed: De Blasio’s Placard “Crackdown” Completely Ineffectual (AMNY)
Polly Trottenberg Ready to Get to “Yes” on Congestion Pricing (C&S)
Post: Cuomo’s Congestion Fixes “Can’t Work Without Serious Support From City Government”
Who Wants to Do Business in a City Where Transit Can’t Get People to Work on Time? (C&S)
DOT Pegs Cost of Reactivating Passenger and Freight Service on Lower Montauk Branch at $2.2B (TL)
This’ll Work: Crowdfunding Engineering Work for a Pontoon Bridge During the L-Pocalypse (Post)
Don’t Fear the Subway, Germophobes (WNYC)

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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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