Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:57 AM EST on January 23, 2015
- Fare Hike Official; Advos Call for Aid From NYC and Cuomo, Again (NYT, News, Post, SAS)
- Albany, Ladies and Gentlemen: NYT, NYT, CapNY, WSJ, Post, Crain’s
- Uber Loses Appeal, Still Doesn’t Plan to Hand Over Trip Data to TLC (News)
- Thousands of Uber Drivers Are Part-Time With No Professional Driving Experience (News, BuzzFeed)
- At UWS Safety Forum, Jill Abramson Calls Pedestrian Deaths “the Perfect Crime” (Gothamist)
- Dana Lerner Says 24th Precinct Slowdown Put Lives at Risk (DNA)
- “Motor Courts” — AKA Driveways — a Trending Must-Have Among NYC Elite (Crain’s)
- The Story of the MetroCard Vending Machine Touch Screen (Next City)
- 311 Is a Joke … Until NYPD Arrests You for Trying to Make It Work (News)
- Moon Shot From Davos: Every City on Earth Should Be Car-Free (Biz Insider)
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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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