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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
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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