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8:44 AM EDT on April 7, 2017

    • Penn Station Wasn't Fixed in Time for This Morning's Commute (AMNY, Post, NY1, AP)
    • Derailment Caused by Known Track Flaw Amtrak Failed to Fix (NYT, Politico)
    • Penn Dysfunction Has Transit Experts Pining for Gateway (Politico, WNYC, MTR)
    • Astoria Ferry Launch Date Pegged for August (DNA)
    • Advance Maps Thousands of Staten Island "Accidents"
    • CB 3 Begs DOT for Relief From Traffic Danger and Noise at Clinton and Grand (DNA)
    • DOT: We're Not Responsible for Street Safety Outside New Lower Manhattan School (DX)
    • SI Driver Who Hit Child and Fled Was Unlicensed (News); Victim Still Unconscious (Advance)
    • Cuomo Orders April Crackdown on Distracted Driving (AP)
    • TLC Strips Gene Friedman of Licenses to Manage Medallions (Post)
    • Squibb Park Bridge Set to Reopen, With Less Bounce (Bklyn Paper)

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Brad Aaron
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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