Today’s Headlines
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Brad Aaron
8:56 AM EDT on October 16, 2015
- DOT Caves to Brooklyn CB 1, Postpones Bike Lanes for Deadly Metropolitan Avenue (Gothamist)
- No Mistaking What Harlem’s 28th Precinct Thinks of New Yorkers on Bikes (Gothamist)
- Queens CB 6 Chair Joseph Hennessy: Parking Minimums for Seniors Preserve American Freedom (DNA)
- Transit Hub, Mixed-Use Development Proposed for 32 Acres on Flushing Waterfront (Times Ledger)
- “This Is an Atrocity”: NIMBY Bozos “Had No Clue” Bike Share Was Coming to Upper West Side (CBS)
- Retired Cop Charged With Homicide, DWI for May Killing of Bronx Pedestrian Marino Nunez (News)
- Driver Hits MTA Bus, Jumps Curb, Hits Two on Sidewalk, Hits Building; No Charges (CBS)
- TLC Board Approves Pilot to Replace Taxi TVs With New Payment Tech (NYT)
- AMNY Explains Phantom Subway “Signal Problems,” Gets a Look at Ancient MTA Hardware
- Just Another News Cycle in Vision Zero-Era NYC (News 1, 2)
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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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