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By Ben Fried

8:48 AM EDT on July 24, 2018

Subway Ridership Declined for Second Straight Year in 2017 and Keeps Falling (AMNY, NY1)
De Blasio’s Parks Dept Letting Cuomo’s DOT Seize Parkland for Hunts Point Highway Ramps (AMNY)
TWU Crashes Nixon Subway Presser (News)
Gov’s Excuse for Gold-Plated Tunnels: Feds Made Us Spend $20-$30 Million on Tiles (Post)
Mayor’s Transport Detail Isn’t Doing Vision Zero Any Favors (Post)
Driver Caught on Tape Reversing Through Intersection to Strike Borough Park Pedestrians (Gothamist)
Ben Kallos: 140 Speed Cameras Aren’t Nearly Enough (City Limits)
Placard Culture vs. On-Street Car-Share (WPIX)
Sadly, Downtown Brooklyn Won’t Be Spared From EDC’s 467-Car Underground Garage (Bklyn Paper)
More Coverage of 14th Street Select Bus Service (AMNY, NY1)
The DDC Delay Chronicles (News)

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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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