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By 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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