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By Brad Aaron

8:45 AM EDT on September 7, 2016

Nicole Gelinas: Is Mayor de Blasio Committed to Ending Traffic Deaths, or Not? (Post)
Port Authority Looking to Sell 1 World Trade Center (Crain’s)
Does NYC Need Another Transportation Planning Body? Anthony Foxx Thinks So (Voice)
Construction of the Chrystie Street Bikeway Has Begun (Boogie)
What de Blasio Could Learn From the Toronto Streetcar: It Needs Dedicated Lanes to Work (NYT)
MTA to Test New R170 Subway Cars, Arriving This Week at 207th Street Rail Yard (AMNY)
MTA Board Member, TWU Have Some Ideas on Who Should Build Subway Cars (News)
Man Arrested for DWI Crash Suspected of Killing Woman at J’Ouvert Festival (Post, News)
The Perils of Storing Your Luxury Car on a NYC Street (DNA)
New York Judgeships Are Patronage Appointments (WNYC)
Chris Christie: TSTC Lists Stalled NJ Transpo Projects; Get Ready for Bridgegate: The Trial (NYT)

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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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