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8:44 AM EDT on April 30, 2018

    • Juan Jimenez, 86, Strikes and Kills Giovanni Ampuero, 9, in Jackson Heights (News)
    • Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Man in Briarwood (Post)
    • 50 Years After the MTA Was Founded, a Woman Will Run the Subways for the First Time (Post)
    • Byford at RPA Assembly: "Radical" Transit Reform Plan Will Be "Controversial in Its Ambition" (NY1)
    • Albany Lunkheads Reroute Cuomo's Backward LGA AirTrain Over a Park Instead of a Highway (QChron)
    • De Blasio Should Have Demanded MTA Accountability Before Handing Over $418 Million (2nd Ave Sagas)
    • Fourth Avenue Bike Lane Gap By 72nd Precinct Not a Done Deal (Bklyn Paper)
    • Maspeth Residents to DOT: Not So Fast on Those One-Way Conversions (QChron)
    • If NYC Had Congestion Pricing, There'd Be Fewer Traffic Tickets for AAA to Whine About (Post, CBS2)
    • MTA Completes Myrtle Ave Viaduct Replacement So M Can Run More Frequently (AMNY, NY1)
    • Two L Train Shutdown Town Halls Coming Up in May (AMNY)

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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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