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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 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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