Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:59 AM EST on January 20, 2016
- Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Cyclist Can Reng Ma in Sheepshead Bay (AMNY, WNBC, News, Post)
- More Coverage of de Blasio’s Vision Zero Presser (Politico; WNYC; Advance; Gothamist; DNA 1, 2)
- Daily News “Celebrates” Lives Saved by Taking Another Swipe at the Right of Way Law
- Where Is Cuomo’s Penn Station RFP? (Politico)
- World’s Priciest Train Station to Open in March, Says Port Authority (Gothamist)
- De Blasio’s Horse Carriage Misadventure Rages On (NYT; Politico 1, 2, 3; DNA; Gothamist; News)
- Welcome to Midtown Manhattan, Where People Who Aren’t in Cars Are an Afterthought (HuffPo)
- DOT: No Plans to Eliminate Left Turn From Manhattan Bridge Onto Neighborhood Street (DNA)
- Witness Says Motorcyclist Who Killed Thomas McAnulty Tried to Leave the Scene (Gothamist)
- Nassau: Drunk Driver Charged With Homicide After Second Driver Killed Cop Who Stopped Him (Post)
- NJ Transit Is Falling Apart and NJ Governor Chris Christie Could Not Care Less (Bloomberg)
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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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