Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:59 AM EDT on March 18, 2016
- Assembly Budget Includes $20M for Complete Streets, Nada From Senate or Cuomo (MTR)
- DOT to Add Pedestrian Islands, Other Improvements to Northern Blvd in Astoria (DNA)
- Citi Bike Trips More Than Doubled From Last Winter (AMNY)
- Crain’s Breaks Down Ferry Per-Ride Subsidy Compared to Other Transit
- MTA to Shut M Line Before Shutting the L (NY1, News)
- Post: Water Leaks at Hudson Yards 7 Station Were No Surprise to the MTA
- Assembly Member Maritza Davila Wants DOT to Nix Bushwick Bike Lanes (Bklyn Paper)
- Upper West Side Car Owners Apoplectic Over City Plan to Replace Parking With Housing (DNA)
- NYPD Arrests About 39 Drunk Drivers a Day (AMNY), Counting This Correction Officer (News)
- Steve Levin Doubts NYC Has the Power to Stop NYPD Parking Corruption (Patch)
- Unattended Corvette Runs Over Woman on Midtown Sidewalk, No One Takes Responsibility (Post)
- Scenes From the Motoring Class (Post, News, DNA)
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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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