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By Brad Aaron

8:49 AM EDT on May 26, 2016

Eric Adams Wants Bike Lanes and Other Traffic Calming Measures on Flatbush Avenue (AMNY)
Driver Strikes Child Boarding a School Bus in Stapleton Section of Staten Island (Advance)
No One Is Stepping Up to Address the Northeast’s Deteriorating Transit Infrastructure (NYT)
WTC Concourse Linking PATH and the Subway Opens Today (CBS, NY1); News Not Impressed
The MTA Is Holding an L Train Meeting in Canarsie This Evening (AMNY)
The Second Avenue Subway Is Officially on the Map (NY1)
Daily News Story on de Blasio’s Stalled MTA Board Nominations Is Clear as Mud
Citizens Budget Commission Questions de Blasio’s BQX Cost Estimates (Crain’s)
More Coverage of Council Reform Package for Minor Offenses: NYT, Gothamist; Post Yells at Cloud
New York Spends Less on Parks Than Other Major U.S. Cities (Politico)
If You Can’t Add Density on Broadway in Manhattan, Where Can You Do It? (Politico; DNA 1, 2)
Welcome to New York, Where Widened Highway Bridges Are Considered “Green” (ENR via @capntransit)

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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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