Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:59 AM EDT on June 14, 2012
- Bloomberg: Sheridan Teardown Would Create Too Much Neighborhood Truck Traffic (WNYC)
- Citing Truck Traffic, Lawsuit Filed to Stop FreshDirect’s City-Funded Move to South Bronx (NYT, WNYC)
- Experts Weigh Odds of Hudson Rail Tunnel; Lhota: New York Lacks Transpo Leadership (Capital)
- Lhota: Young New Yorkers More Invested in Transit Than Their Albany Representatives (Capital, Kabak)
- Andrew Cuomo’s Transportation Agenda: Hundreds of Subsidized Electric Car Stations (Capital)
- Lhota Holds Up Bus Lane Cameras After Learning City Gets All Ticket Revenue (News, Kabak)
- Rachel Weinberger: LA’s Transit System Will Soon Be Superior to New York’s (Transpo Nation)
- Bloomberg Thinks Ray Kelly’s NYPD Gets Plenty of Oversight (DNA)
- Justin Murray, 49, Killed by Van Driver on Queens Boulevard (Post)
- Ex-Cop Gets Six Months in Jail for Midtown DWI Crash That Injured Passengers (DNA)
- NIMBYs Fear Change in Fort Greene! Also: Public Gathers to Reimagine Fulton Street (DNA)
- De Blasio: More Yellow Cab Medallions Now, Livery Hails Later … Maybe (News)
- Tri-State’s Loss = New York’s Gain: Executive Director Kate Slevin to Join NYC DOT (MTR)
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Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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