Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:57 AM EDT on August 17, 2015
- NYT Editorial Board: Cuomo’s Gateway Disavowal “Makes No Sense”
- Helen Rosenthal CB Appointee Dan Zweig Preemptively Attacks Amsterdam Avenue Bike Lane (Post)
- Daily News: Yellow Cab Rides Fell 10 Percent in First Six Months of 2015
- Medallion Owners Say 2013 Court Ruling Should Prevent Uber From Using Electronic Hails (Crain’s)
- Gelinas: De Blasio Should Increase Subway Funding, Build Utica Avenue Line (Post)
- The Times Apparently Thinks de Blasio Should Have Attended Queens Citi Bike Launch
- Post Dings DOT for Pulaski Bridge Bike Lane Delays
- Driver Goes Airborne on Taconic Parkway, Jumps Median, Kills 3 People (LoHud) NYT: “Accident”
- RFK Bridge Tour Bus Crash Injures 12 (DNA); Staten Island Motorcycle Rider Kills Himself (Advance)
- Don’t Count on the “Accident” Card Unless You’re Driving a Car (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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