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By
Brad Aaron
8:54 AM EDT on July 13, 2015
- Four More Years: Richard Brown and Robert Johnson Run Unopposed (WSJ)
- Off-Board Fare Collection and Other SBS Features Start on the M86 Today (Post, News)
- Citi Bike Expansion: WNYC Notes Station Scarcity; WSJ Runs With Bikelash Angle
- Tappan Zee Transit Line Announced, to Chagrin of Cuomo’s Thruway Director (Rockland Times)
- DNA Wants to Know What Train Cardboard Cut-Out Cuomo Should Ride Next
- Affordable Housing to Replace Hell’s Kitchen NYPD Parking Lot (DNA)
- Queens: Driver Crashes Into Bar, Injuring Three (News); Speeding Driver Kills Self (News)
- Drunk Driver Kills Queens Father and Two Children in Long Island Crash (News, Post)
- NYPD Releases Images of Hit-and-Run Cyclist Who Injured UES Senior (News)
- The Post Is Really Concerned About Uber Drivers Losing Their Jobs
- What’s Up With de Blasio’s Plan to Replace Horse Carriages With Electric Cars? (WSJ)
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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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