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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

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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