Today’s Headlines
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Brad Aaron
8:58 AM EST on December 3, 2015
- Public Given 11 Days to Read and Comment on Port Authority 2016 Capital Plan (MTR)
- Transit Riders Council Proposes Single Fare Option for Commuters in Transit Deserts (Gothamist, 2AS)
- More Coverage of NYPD’s Abysmal Record on Hit-and-Runs: WNYC, DNA, News, Politico
- 84-Year-Old Liana Platika, Hit by Garbage Truck Driver in Midtown, Has Died (AMNY)
- De Blasio Tapped Bruce Schaller for Uber Study (Politico); Cap Unlikely (WSJ)
- Crain’s Says City Is Looking to Improve Cab Drivers’ Terrible Working Conditions
- Melinda Katz Is Worried About Driver Access to Q44 Select Bus Service Lanes (Times Ledger)
- You’ll Never Guess What NIMBYs Think of a Proposal to Expand a Plaza in Flushing (Crain’s)
- 5th Precinct: We Haven’t Gotten Around to Reading Current Intercity Bus Laws (DNA)
- Drivers Seriously Injure Pedestrians in Downtown Brooklyn (News) and New Springville (Advance)
- Can’t Make It Up: Drunk Driver Speeds Through Fatal Hit-and-Run Crime Scene (News)
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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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