Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
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)
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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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