Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
9:00 AM EST on January 28, 2016
- Now That Motorists Are Taken Care Of, City Will Clear Bike Lanes (DNA)
- NYC Is Working to Improve Snow Removal, But Not to Help People Who Aren’t Driving (NYT)
- De Blasio Apparently Has the Votes to Restrict Horse Carriages and Sink the Pedicab Industry (Politico)
- MTA Officials Shrug Off Cuomo’s Budget Bait-and-Switch (WNYC)
- Electeds Want Answers on Upcoming L Train Shutdown (Gothamist); DNA Assesses Rent Impacts
- Vision Zero: Street Safety in Crown Heights Hinges on Opinions of One Car Owner (DNA)
- TA: DOT’s DUMBO Jay Street Redesign Should Prioritize Human Life Over Parking (Bklyn Paper)
- Michael Scotto Needed Bike-Hate Quotes, and Manhattan CB 8’s Michele Birnbaum Delivered (NY1)
- The Bouncing Brooklyn Pedestrian Bridge Needs Major Repairs (NYT)
- The Times Is Excited About Open Gangway Subway Cars
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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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