Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:58 AM EST on December 2, 2015
- John Samuelsen Brags About Waging War on Vision Zero After MTA Bus Drivers Kill Three People
- Traffic Deaths Down Citywide This Year, Up More Than 100 Percent in Staten Island (WNYC)
- Cuomo Nominates Westchester DA Janet DiFiore to Succeed Lippman on Court of Appeals (NYT)
- Northeast Corridor Pols Fend Off Transit Funding Cuts in Federal Transportation Package (MTR)
- Capital Plan Indicates MTA Will Test Open Gangway Subway Cars (Second Ave Sagas)
- De Blasio Orders City Vehicles to Be Replaced by Electric Cars, With Charging Station Network (NYT)
- Drivers Injure People on Sidewalks in Queens and Manhattan (Gothamist, West Side Rag)
- NYPD Defends Garbage Truck Driver Who Injured Senior in Midtown and Left Scene (News, DNA)
- NYPD Again Accused of Using a Motor Vehicle as a Weapon, Again (News)
- Cuomo Attributes Fewer Drunk Driving Deaths to His Father Raising the Drinking Age
- DOT Astoria Boulevard Workshop Is Tonight (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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