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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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