Today’s Headlines

8:54 AM EDT on October 31, 2014

Prendergast Confirms 2015 Fare Hike, Urges Proposed Capital Plan Improvements (NBC, PIX, CBS)
Private Trash Truck Driver Kills Chinatown Pedestrian; NYPD Preps Hit-and-Run Defense (DNA, Post)
Witness: Edgar Torres Had Right of Way When He Was Struck and Killed by MTA Bus Driver (WNYC)
88th Precinct Barely Enforcing Dangerous Driving Violations After Death of Lucian Merryweather (DNA)
Brooklyn Paper: Does Brooklyn Really Want More Citi Bike? You Decide!
Will Uber and Lyft Usher in the Future, or Set NYC Back 100 Years? (CapNY)
NYPD Records Indicate Horse Carriages Are Involved in Around Five Crashes a Year (DNA)
"Depressing" Fourth Avenue Subway Station to Get Pop-Up Makeover as Locals Await MTA Action (DNA)
Classy: Boyfriend of Aide Name Drops Chirlane McCray to Get Out of Parking Ticket Tab (News)
NYC Just Can't Bring Itself to Acknowledge the Humanity of Traffic Crash Victims (NBC)
Happy Halloween, Straphangers (SAS, News)

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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