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By Ben Fried

8:52 AM EDT on August 22, 2018

Forget Michael Cohen, This Is a Story — City Council Wants to Legalize E-Scooter Fleets (News)
Rafael Espinal and Ydanis Rodriguez Make the Case for Scooters (News)
De Blasio on L Train Shutdown: Trust Me, I Got This. Remind Me, When Does It Start? (News, Post)
CityLab Finds the Silver Lining in the L Train Crisis
Tough Crowd at Andy Byford’s First “Fast Forward” Town Hall (AMNY)
MTA Tweaks Staten Island Express Bus Overhaul During First Week of Service (Advance)
TransitCenter: A Broken Down Electric Bus Isn’t Cutting Any Carbon Emissions
WTF — Cops Brandishing Stun Guns Broke Up a Weekend Block Party Near Yankee Stadium (News)
120 People Rode the Fifth Annual “Bike East” Between East New York and Jamaica Bay (Bklyn Paper)
Not All Road Ragers Drive Cars (Gothamist)

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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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