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By Ben Fried

8:47 AM EDT on August 17, 2018

No End in Sight for the NJ Transit Horror Show (Bloomberg)
Bicycle Delivery Workers Tell the Times About the Struggle and Risk of Their Jobs
De Blasio Signs Waste Equity Bill Curbing Garbage Truck Traffic in Overburdened Neighborhoods (News)
The Ultimate Power Move in Response to Albany Speed Cam Inaction: Ban Cars Near Schools (Curbed)
Resign Yourself to Broiling on Subway Platforms Every Summer From Here on Out (Voice)
Transit Scribe Dan Rivoli Talks MTA Politics With Brian Lehrer (WNYC)
Can Broadway Junction Handle All the Transfers From Canarsie During the L Shutdown? (Gothamist)
Dorothy Bruns’ Lawyer Expects Case to Go to Trial (Bklyn Paper)
Here’s How Parking Meter Rate Adjustments Play in the Queens Chronicle
SUV Driver Plows Into Tree in Pleasant Plains (Advance)
Old, Bumpy, Bone-Rattling Belgian Blocks Must Never Be Despoiled, Decree DUMBO NIMBYs (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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