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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.

Ben Fried

Tomorrow: Manhattan CB 2 Takes Up Ped Safety Fixes and Bike Corrals

In spring 2017, Stephen wrote for Streetsblog USA, covering the livable streets movement and transportation policy developments around the nation.
From August 2012 to October 2015, he was a reporter for Streetsblog NYC, covering livable streets and transportation issues in the city and the region. After joining Streetsblog, he covered the tail end of the Bloomberg administration and the launch of Citi Bike. Since then, he covered mayoral elections, the de Blasio administration&#8217;s ongoing Vision Zero campaign, and New York City&#8217;s ever-evolving street safety and livable streets movements.

Stephen Miller

CB 7 Turns Down Bike Racks as Big Complete Streets Meeting Approaches

Eyes on the Street: A New Bike Corral and a Safer Intersection in Cobble Hill

CB 7 Committee Votes for More UWS Bike Parking, Overriding Co-Chair

Beware the Dread “Parking Lot for Bikes”

Mayor’s Report Card: NYC Traffic Fatalities Up, NYPD Enforcement Down

Markowitz: Loosen Downtown BK Parking Regs for Older Buildings Too

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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The Case of the Condemned Bike Rack: Solved!

Grassroots Coalition Crafts Action Plan for Lower East Side Cycling

Eyes on the Street: The Bike Corral Has Arrived in Park Slope