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8:59 AM EST on January 21, 2016

    • De Blasio to Outline Budget Proposal Today (Politico, WNYC)
    • Amtrak Pegs Tab for Gateway, Penn, and Other Needed Improvements at $23.9B (NYT, 2AS)
    • DOT Set to Remove Jay Street Bike Lane in DUMBO to Give Motorists a Short Cut to the BQE (DNA)
    • David Greenfield Still After DOT for Slowing Drivers on Deadly Ocean Parkway (Jewish Voice)
    • More Coverage of TA's Latest Vision Zero Report Card (Post, AMNY, DNA, Advance, Gothamist)
    • DMV to Begin Suspending Registrations of Toll Cheats (News)
    • Times Ledger Hands Mic to Self-Styled “Safety Consultant” Who Wants Cyclists Off Queens Boulevard
    • One-Way Streets Don't Have to Be Dangerous for People Who Walk (Urban Residue)
    • Once Opposed, Bratton Now Onboard With Turning Police Cars Into Tanks (News)
    • You Don't Have to Be Crazy to Store a Car on a New York City Street, But It Has to Help (Advance)

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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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