Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:55 AM EST on January 22, 2016
- De Blasio Budget: TEAs, SI Ferry (NYT); “Vague” on MTA (Politico); Gov’s Hand Still in the Till (Politico)
- Winter Cuomo Watch: De Blasio, MTA Predict Subway Service This Weekend (NYT, Politico)
- Feds Award $176M for Manhattan Resiliency (NYT); NJ Pledges No Local Funds, Loses Out (WNYC)
- DOT, CB 8 Promise UES Crosstown Bike Lane Proposal Doesn’t Touch Parking or Car Lanes (DNA)
- DOT Adding Traffic Lights, LPIs to 21st Avenue in Astoria (Times Ledger)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Critically Injures Teenager in Williamsburg (News)
- Gas Station Worker Critically Injures East Harlem Pedestrian With Customer’s SUV (News, Post)
- McAnulty Family Thinks Motorcyclist Was Speeding, 24th Precinct Suggests Street Tweaks (DNA)
- Doug Gordon Gives Gothamist a Primer on DIY Traffic-Calming
- The Advance Has a Nice Piece on Staten Island Ferry Design
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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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