Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

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By Brad Aaron

8:56 AM EST on December 17, 2013

DOT Launches Campaign Targeting Reckless Drivers (News), and the Post Takes Credit
Cuomo Announces State Grant for Queens Select Bus Service (MTR)
MTA Board Assigns No Responsibility for MNR “Accident” (NYT, WSJ)
South Ferry Station Will Be Gutted; Service Expected to Resume in 2016 (SAS, WNYC)
R Train Ferries Carry 250 Passengers a Day; Gentile Says Shuttle Buses Needed (News)
Bloomberg Will Get a Ride on the 7 Extension Before Leaving Office (WSJ, News)
Van Bramer and Locals Want Traffic Calmed at LIC Intersection Before, Not After, a Child Is Hit (DNA)
Elmhurst Neurosurgeon Jamie Ullman Talks With the Daily News About Pedestrian Injuries
Will Laurie Cumbo’s “Rat Pack” Colleagues School Her on Street Safety? (WSJ)
George Washington Bridge Lane Closures Now a Federal Case (WNYC)
Marty Markowitz, Classy to the End (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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