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8:45 AM EST on February 11, 2016

    • Flatbed Truck Driver Kills Maria Minchala, 63, in Washington Heights (News, Post)
    • Mark-Viverito SOTC to Touch On Land Use, Parks After Dark Rules (Politico)
    • Stringer Warns of City Budget Gap, Cites Devalued Medallions, NYPD Overtime (Politico, Gazette)
    • Q44 SBS Ticket Machines Out of Service for Over Two Weeks, MTA Blames Con Ed (NY1)
    • Streetcar: Constantinides Psyched, Simotas Circumspect, LIC Partnership on Board (Times Ledger)
    • CB 3 Wants DOT to Reroute Traffic on Broome Street Because of Trucks (DNA)
    • Carroll Gardens Motorists Think a Mid-Block Stop Sign Is Weird, So They Ignore It (Bklyn Paper)
    • Heads Up, NYPD: EMTs Will Patrol Flushing Meadows-Corona Park on "Ambulance Bikes" (DNA)
    • Christie MIA as NJ Transit Workers, Without a Contract for Five Years, Poised to Strike (WNYC)
    • SI Electeds and Media Concerned With Anything Other Than Traffic Violence (Advance 1, 2)

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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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