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By Ben Fried

8:43 AM EDT on August 7, 2018

Uber Driver: There Are Too Many Uber Drivers, Not Enough Fares (News)
Constantinides to DOT: Fix 23rd Avenue Where Xellea Samonte Was Killed (TL)
Canarsie Tube Subways Will Shut Down for 15 Weekends Before Official L Shutdown (AMNY, Gothamist)
More on Trottenberg and Byford’s Rosy Tour of the L Train Replacement Busway (News, AMNY)
This Heat Can’t Stop Carl Heastie From Biking to Work (Gothamist)
JUMP’s Spotty Bike Availability Gets Picked Up by the Post
Lyft’s Aggressive PR Isn’t Winning Any Friends (Politico)
Riders Love New MTA Para-Transit Pilot But It’s Too Expensive to Scale Up (WSJ)
Sandor Szabo Committed the Transgression of Tapping a Car, Now He’s Likely to Die (News)
Gothamist Has Photos of Soggy Summer Streets

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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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