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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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Bicycling

Wolfson: Sponsor of Mandatory Helmet Bill Is No Friend of Cyclists

Noah joined Streetsblog as a New York City reporter at the start of 2010. When he was a kid, he collected subway paraphernalia in a Vignelli-map shoebox.
Before coming to Streetsblog, he blogged at TheCityFix DC and worked as a field organizer for the Obama campaign in Toledo, Ohio. Noah graduated from Yale University, where he wrote his senior thesis on the class politics of transportation reform in New York City. He lives in Morningside Heights.

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NYPD Bike Equipment Checkpoint Snares Cyclists For Missing Bells

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Charles Komanoff is a national expert on congestion pricing and traffic modeling, and is the former head of Transportation Alternatives. He is a longtime Streetsblog contributor. Reach him at <a href="mailto:komanoff@gmail.com">komanoff@gmail.com</a>.

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Wolfson: Sponsor of Mandatory Helmet Bill Is No Friend of Cyclists

NYPD Bike Equipment Checkpoint Snares Cyclists For Missing Bells

DOT Plans Four Pairs of Midtown Bike Lanes in Time for Bike-Share

The Real Menace on Our Sidewalks

Bike Ticket Blitz Reportedly Underway in Central Park

Green Lane Project Spreads the Word About NACTO’s Bikeway Design Guide

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