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Ben Fried
8:41 AM EDT on August 20, 2018
- Times: Bring on the Protected Lanes for Bikes and Scooters
- Phil Murphy Struggles to Clean Up Chris Christie’s Mess at NJ Transit (NYT)
- How Three Rutgers Students Are Empowering Girls in Newark With Bicycles (NYT)
- “Microhaulers” on Bikes See Opportunity in NYC’s Waste Carting Reforms (Crain’s)
- Cuomo Can’t Believe He’s Being Held Accountable for the Transit System He Controls (NY Mag)
- De Blasio Crows About Uber Bills That Corey Johnson Led to Passage (News)
- Staten Island’s Redesigned Express Bus Network Launched Yesterday (AMNY, NY1)
- SUV Driver Kills Man on Moped in Williamsbridge (News, Post)
- Motorcyclist Killed in Crash on Utopia Parkway (News)
- A Hit-and-Run FDNY Ambulance Driver Ruined Aeliana Boyer’s Life (News)
- Town Halls on Andy Byford’s Fast Forward Plan Start Tomorrow (AMNY)
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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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