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By Brad Aaron

8:57 AM EDT on August 8, 2014

Prendergast to Albany: MTA Needs “New, Sustainable Funding”; SAS Phase 2 in Capital Plan (2AS, NYT)
Fire Delays L Train Service (DNA); SI Railway Train Derails for Second Time Since May (Advance)
Meanwhile, Public Still Doesn’t Know Tappan Zee Price Tag or Who Will Foot the Bill (MTR)
Regional Plan Association President Bob Yaro Is Retiring (RPA)
City Settles Suit With Tamon Robinson’s Family, But Cops Who Hit Him With Cruiser Not Charged (News)
Teenager Who Killed Ariel Russo Jailed After Allegedly Looting Dead Woman’s Apartment (Gothamist)
City Apps Competition Finalist to Warn Users of “Sketchy” Neighborhoods (Crain’s, Gothamist)
NYPD and MTA Say Neither Has Authority to “Close” Verrazano-Narrows Bridge for Protest March (NYT)
Motorist Drives Through Queens Salon (News); Angry AAA Tow Truck Driver Nearly Hits Customer (DNA)
Oh Look, a Daily News Story Blaming People for Being Run Over (Daily News)

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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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