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8:45 AM EST on March 5, 2018

    • Trump's on a Mission to Block Federal Funding for Gateway (WaPo, NYT, News, WNYC)
    • Gotta Be a Better Way to Cut Gateway Costs Than Turning It Into a One-Track Tunnel (Crain's)
    • How Many Crashes Could the MTA Prevent By Straightening Out Bus Routes? (Post)
    • Daily News: Make Accessibility Integral to Next MTA Capital Plan
    • March 25: Women Ride on Queens Blvd to Highlight NYC's Cycling Gender Gap (AMNY)
    • Driver Crashes Into Parked Cars in East Flatbush and Dies (News)
    • Off-Duty MTA Bus Operator Drives Drunk and Smashes Up His BMW Outside Bronx Mall (News)
    • Three New Mid-Block Crossings Coming to Steinway Street (TL)
    • Queens CB1 Endorses Sidewalk Expansions Near New Astoria Ferry Landing (QChron)
    • MTA Patches Up Weeping Sore in Bergen Street Station Wall (Bklyn Paper)
    • Totally Good Faith Journalism, Not a Cynical Distraction From Public Safety Issues (Sunnyside Post)

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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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