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8:51 AM EDT on August 11, 2016

    • RPA: Canarsie Tube Project Should Include Subway Station Overhauls
    • Port Authority Cancels Bus Terminal Meeting After Electeds Refuse to Attend (Politico)
    • Will Mark-Viverito Episode Change the Way DOT Uses Twitter? (News, NYT)
    • Gothamist, AMNY Preview This Weekend's Shared Streets Debut
    • Ben Kallos, CB 8: Citi Bike Station on Pedestrianized UES Street Too Dangerous for Seniors (DNA)
    • DOT Reduces Amount of Space Allocated to Times Square Hustlers (DNA)
    • 149th Street Bridge in Flushing Reopens After Five-Year Closure (TL)
    • School Bus Driver Knocks Over Street Sign, Injures Woman on Tribeca Sidewalk (Post)
    • In Two Weeks, Three Staten Island Drivers Have Crashed Vehicles While ODing on Heroin (DNA)
    • Brace Yourselves: New Evidence Suggests Chris Christie Lied About Bridgegate (NYT)
    • Annoyed by Wind Noise in Your Porsche at 100 MPH? The Wall Street Journal Sees You

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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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