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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
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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