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By
Brad Aaron
8:47 AM EDT on July 27, 2016
- Electeds Want 16-Agency “Working Group” to Prepare for Canarsie Tube Closure (News, @2AvSagas)
- How Will NYC Manage Streets When There’s No L Service? De Blasio Isn’t Inspiring Confidence (Politico)
- The Times Ponders How Williamsburg Will Fare Without the L; Post Pleased With Shutdown Plan
- Keegan Stephan: Get the NYPD Out of Vision Zero (City Limits)
- Cyclist Seriously Injured in Greenwood Collision; Driver Claims Victim Ran Stop Sign (News, DNA)
- Unlicensed Hit-and-Run Driver Gets 1 to 3 Years for Crash That Killed Guler Ugur-Yaacobi (Post)
- There Was a Fatal Motorcycle Crash in the Lincoln Tunnel This Morning (NY1)
- The Post Reports on NYC’s June Traffic Death Spike
- With New Limits on Hours, Why Isn’t the TLC Talking About Raising Cab Driver Pay? (Crain’s)
- Steve Matteo, Staten Island Advance Come to Aid of Drivers Who Speed in School Zones (1, 2)
- James Oddo Wants the Staten Island Ferry to Have More Manhattan Destinations (Advance)
- What Happens When Old-Timey Subway Cars Break Down (WNYC, NY1)
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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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