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By Brad Aaron

8:58 AM EST on February 24, 2016

Bronx CB 2 Manager Rafael Salamanca Wins Council Seat Vacated by Arroyo (News)
NY Mag Did an Exhaustive Piece on the Present and Future of the Subway; Spoiler: It’s Bleak
DNA Digs Into Report Comparing NYC Subway and Other World City Metros; Spoiler: It’s Bleak
NYPD Unveils Interactive CompStat Map; Traffic Crash Data Still Released in PDF (Post, News)
BQX Would Serve Properties Built by Big Donors to Mayor’s Policy Group (News, NYT)
Street Lights at Hellish Queens Boulevard Crossing in Forest Hills Have Been Dark Since December (DNA)
NYC Has Been “Educating” Drivers on Not Killing People for About 100 Years (Brownstoner)
Tell Tom DiNapoli About Motor Vehicle Noise in Your Neighborhood (DNA)
David Dunlap on the Long and Tortured History of the Oculus (NYT)
Queens Assembly Member Barbara Clark Has Died (QChron, NYT)

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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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