Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:53 AM EDT on April 27, 2015
- NYT Endorses Move NY Toll Reform Plan
- Crain’s Talks With Walder About New Dock Software and Other Citi Bike Upgrades
- Reappointed Prendergast Calls Capital Program His Top Priority (Emma G. Fitzsimmons, News)
- Cuomo Announces $1 Billion Fed Loan for Commuter Rail Positive Train Control (Observer, Post)
- Nicole Gelinas (Post) and Daily News Slam Cuomo and de Blasio for Transit Happy Talk
- MTA Now Expects to Open 7 Line Extension This Summer (2nd Ave Sagas)
- 78th Precinct Doesn’t Need a Law to Ticket Cyclists for Cell Phone Use (Bklyn Paper)
- CO of 88th Precinct, Where Drivers Do What They Please, Brags on Cyclist Crackdown (DNA)
- Green Cab Driver Rams, Flips Daily News Truck, Killing Paper Delivery Man (News, Post)
- Bratton Opposes Decriminalizing Sidewalk Biking, Park After Dark, and Other Offenses (Post)
- Daily News Op-Ed Writer Proposes Confiscating Bikes for Sidewalk Riding
- New York State DMV Lets High School Kids Conduct Vehicle Inspections (Post)
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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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