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By
Brad Aaron
8:57 AM EDT on April 24, 2015
- Daily News Dings de Blasio for Professed Ignorance of Move NY Toll Reform Plan
- Car-Free Streets Critic Susan Dominus Filed a Pretty Good NYT Magazine Vision Zero Piece
- Ydanis Rodriguez Wants Medallion Commission and City-Funded “Restitution” for Owners (Capital, Post)
- Related: Schneiderman Sues Fleet Mogul Evgeny Friedman for Cheating Drivers (Crain’s)
- Stringer Audit Finds MTA Express Buses Are Bogged Down in Traffic (Advance, Capital)
- Queens CB 1 Cranks Vinicio Donato and Lucille Hartmann Step Down After 40+ Years (QChron)
- Assembly Rep Aravella Simotas Urges DOT to Get Moving on GCP/Astoria Blvd. Intersection Fixes (TL)
- Leroy Comrie Introduces Bill to Give Albany Control Over MTA Ad Content (QChron)
- Robert Caro Recounts the Moment Robert Moses Lost His Mojo (NYT)
- The Times Discovers Cargo Bikes, and a Mom Concedes to the Thrill of Walking
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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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