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By Brad Aaron

8:56 AM EDT on October 24, 2014

Citizens Budget Commission: MTA Should Prioritize Upkeep Over Expansion (NYT, SAS)
City Council Committee Passes Ambitious Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (CapNY)
Amtrak Chair Says Sunnyside Yards Development May Be on the Table Next Year (CapNY)
Council Members Give Thumbs Down to Auto-Dependent Astoria Cove Plan (Times Ledger)
It’s a Start, But It Will Take More Than Stickers to Make Private Trash Haulers Safe (Crain’s)
Community Board 2 and Public School Parents Urge DOT to Fix Seventh Avenue (Villager)
Chuck Schumer and James Oddo Lobby Port Authority to Sponsor West Shore Light Rail (Advance)
RPA and MAS Call for Moving Madison Square Garden for Penn Station Overhaul (Crain’s)
Fleet Owners’ Suit Against the “Taxi of Tomorrow” Lives On (Post)
Unlicensed DWI Offender Hits Senior, Tries to Flee; DA Brown: No Charges for Striking Victim (News)
Nicole Gelinas: Subway Savior William Ronan Has a Message for Andrew Cuomo (City Journal)

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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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