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By Ben Fried

8:54 AM EDT on July 16, 2018

Families for Safe Streets Takes It Straight to John Flanagan at His Suffolk Home (CBS 880)
Rampant Mechanical Defects Slowing Down Train Service, Subway Workers Tell the Post
In 10 Years, DOT’s Plaza Program Has Turned Space for Cars Into 74 Places for People (NYT)
Corey Johnson’s “DOT Ombudsman” Bill Is a NIMBY Empowerment Act (QChron)
Driver Seriously Injures Man on Northern Boulevard in Jackson Heights (News)
NY1 Previews the Coming Fight Over Commercial Trash Carting Reform
Staten Islanders Rally for Safer Streets at Borough Hall (Advance)
A Dispatch From the First Weekend of Dockless Bike-Share in the Rockaways (AMNY)
TWU Prez Tony Utano: Dockless Bike-Share Jobs Pay Less Than Citi Bike and Lack Benefits (News)
Hundreds Have Signed on to Support Safer Bike Lanes on Utopia Parkway (QChron)
Now’s the Time to Design Good Walking and Biking Connections for the Next Grand Street Bridge (QChron)

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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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