Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:56 AM EDT on October 15, 2015
- Kaehny: Public Needs to Know Where State’s MTA Contribution Will Come From (Gotham Gazette)
- Vision Zero: NYPD Caught Painting Parking Spots in Schermerhorn Bike Lane (@jooltman via Gothamist)
- NJ Transit Board Votes to Lead Gateway Environmental Review (NYT)
- Thanks to Chris Christie, Missing NJ Transit Late-Night Trains Aren’t Coming Back (WNYC)
- Ydanis Rodriguez Wants DOT to Study Light Rail (Politico)
- City Audits Health Factors and Life Expectancy by Neighborhood (Politico, Post)
- This Is Rich: The Staten Island Advance Is Freaking Out Over Expected Ferris Wheel Traffic
- Parents and Schools Are Desperate to Protect Children From NYC Drivers (Express, R’dale Press)
- Traffic Light Coming to Eighth Avenue and Windsor Place in Park Slope (DNA)
- Uber’s Courier Service Doesn’t Use Cars (Post)
- Well, at Least Ed Koch Is Resting Peacefully (DNA)
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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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