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By Ben Fried

8:54 AM EDT on June 19, 2018

James O’Neill to Albany: Expand Speed Cameras Now (AMNY, News)
PS 124 Principal Annabell Burrell Dreads Losing More Children to Reckless Drivers (Post)
Weekday Subway Ridership Down Nearly 100,000 Trips Compared to Last Year (News)
NYC Hasn’t Figured Out How to Get Uber to Work Well in the City (Bloomberg)
MTA Hires First Head of Accessibility for NYC Transit (News, AMNY)
Cuomo to Appoint Retread D’Amato Pal David Mack to MTA Board (Post)
Skinhead Hits and Critically Injures Delivery Cyclist With U-Haul Van; No Charges (Post)
Cyclist Dies After Falling and Hitting Head on Manhattan Bridge (Gothamist, News)
What Bus Drivers Want: All-Door Boarding, Better Bus Lanes, Realistic Schedules (CityLab)
Subway Delays Are the Talk of the Town (AMNY)
Somewhere Buried in Here You’ll Find a Point About Poor Design of Greenway Security Barriers (NYT)

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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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