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8:54 AM EDT on August 24, 2016

    • Where Will the BQX Train Yard Go? City Hall Doesn't Know (Crain's)
    • Van Bramer Not About to Trade Parking for Affordable Housing (Politico); Crain's Rips Ydanis Flip-Flop
    • Driver With Suspended License Severely Injures 5-Year-Old Boy in Mott Haven (News)
    • Driver Critically Injures 84-Year-Old on Hylan Boulevard; NYPD Blames Victim (Advance)
    • In the 90th Precinct, Assaulting a Cyclist in Front of Cops Gets You a Stern Lecture (Gothamist)
    • Cops Chase Drag-Racing Motorist Through Queens Until He Crashes, Hits Officer With Car (Post)
    • Man Killed by Livery Cab Driver on Clove Road Identified as Dominick Lamboy, 26 (Advance)
    • New Dorp to Great Kills Bike Path, Stalled by Sandy, Set for Completion in 2021 (Advance)
    • Whatever the Port Authority's LaGuardia Traffic Management Plan Is, It Isn't Working (Voice, Post)
    • Your Periodic Reminder From the Staten Island Advance That Speed Enforcement Is a Conspiracy
    • Let's Not Give Cuomo Any Ideas on How to "Improve" Bus Service (Clickhole)

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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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