Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:57 AM EDT on October 29, 2015
- Thanks Cuomo: MTA Board Approves Truncated Capital Plan, Funding Source TBD (Politico, NYT)
- Program Guts Phase Two of Second Avenue Subway Construction (WNYC, 2AS, AMNY)
- Plan Allocates Funding for North Shore BRT Design Work (Advance)
- New York and New Jersey Legislators Out of Sync on Port Authority Reform (Politico)
- RPA Produced a Nifty Video on How Devastating It Will Be If Hudson River Tubes Fail
- East New York Residents Fear de Blasio Rezoning Will Force People Out (Politico)
- Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Bemoans Lack of Gas Stations and Big Box Retail (Crain’s)
- Drunk On-Duty Access-A-Ride Driver Crashes Into Parked Car in Graniteville (Advance)
- Hit-and-Run Motorist Injures Off-Duty Cop in Middle Village (News, Post)
- UES “Safety Advocate” Says Spoiled Brat Cyclists Don’t Deserve Crosstown Bike Lanes (NY Press)
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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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