Today’s Headlines
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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 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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