Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:48 AM EDT on June 17, 2016
- No Action Reported on Toll Reform or Speed Cams as Albany Session Winds Down (Politico, NYT, WSJ)
- Leroy Comrie Joins Daneek Miller’s Campaign Against Queens Transit Improvements (TL)
- MTA Will Extend Late-Night R Service Between Manhattan and Bay Ridge (AMNY, Bklyn Paper)
- Advocates: MTA’s Next-Gen Fare System Should Enable Proof-of-Payment on Buses (News, AMNY)
- Citi Bike Is Offering Free Rides This Weekend (AMNY)
- If You Don’t Drive, You Don’t Matter to the “New York” Post; Meanwhile IRL: Gothamist, AMNY
- DOT Soliciting Input on Downtown Jamaica Street Improvements (DNA)
- Yankee Stadium Parking Garages Still a Horrendous Boondoggle (AP)
- Paul White: NYPD Bike Ticket Blitzes Aren’t Making Streets Safer (Gothamist)
- In-Depth NYT Feature Examines Relationship Between NYPD and Brooklyn Shomrim Groups
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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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