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By Ben Fried

8:55 AM EDT on July 17, 2018

JSK and Lou Riccio: Pass the Speed Cam Bill Because We Can’t “Sign and Signal Our Way to Safety” (NYT)
Only Thing Standing in the Way of Speed Cam Extension Is a Couple of Senate Republicans (Advance)
EDC Freight Plan: $100M to Shift Truck Trips to Barge, Rail, and Air (Crain’s)
Four Years After Daniel Pantaleo Killed Eric Garner, NYPD Moves to Discipline Him (News, Post, Politico)
Lexington Line Crowding Down Big as Riders Switch to 2nd Ave Subway (News)
Yikes — Curved Track on 7 Extension Wore Down Flanges Until Trains Derailed (News)
Russianoff: What’s Holding the MTA Back From Reforming Access-a-Ride? (News)
Chin Intros Resolution Calling for Two-Way Toll on the Verrazano (Broadsheet)
Bklyner Surveys the Situation With Dockless Bike-Share and Citi Bike’s Lack of Expansion
The Wait for Their Plaza Is Finally Over for Myrtle Avenue Merchants (Bklyn Paper)

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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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