Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:45 AM EST on February 18, 2016
- Driver Charged With Manslaughter for Killing SI Cyclist Stanley Marshall (Gothamist, News, Advance)
- Think the Port Authority Is Hopeless? Read This: Record
- Staten Island Electeds Call Out de Blasio for Prioritizing BQX Over West Shore Light Rail (Advance)
- Stringer Says City Is Sitting on Hundreds of Vacant Lots That Could Be Used for Housing (NYT)
- Queens CB 5 Again Votes Against Ridgewood Street Festival, Because Parking (Times Ledger)
- DOT to Try Signal Timing Tweak to Reduce Bus Crashes Around Adams and Fulton (DNA)
- Parks Department Issues RFP for Bike Rental Concessions in Staten Island Parks (DNA)
- The Sierra Club Wants New York State to Subsidize Electric Car Purchases (HuffPo)
- New Jersey’s Transportation Funding Mess Will Fester Until Chris Christie Goes Away (MTR)
- Gothamist Scored an Interview With Robert Caro, and It’s Good
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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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