Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:07 AM EDT on September 29, 2016
- Shocker: No One Knows How the MTA Will Pay for Cuomo’s Penn Station Overhaul (WNYC, NY1, WSJ)
- De Blasio Signs Bills to Expand Pedestrians’ Right of Way and Allow More Bikes in Buildings (@ydanis)
- Just in Time for Fall, Prendergast Acknowledges Recurring Hot Car Problem on the 1 Train (NY1)
- MTA Might Close Columbus Circle Subway Entrances at Night, Because of Shops (WSR)
- DOT Official Says Federal Driverless Car Guidelines Not a Fit for Walkable NYC (AMNY)
- Wheelchair User Advocate: Uber No Substitute for Access-A-Ride (Crain’s)
- DOT Replaces Gowanus Bond Street Sharrows With Painted Bike Lane (DNA)
- Complaints Prompt Parks Department to Rework Wheelchair Ramp for UES Waterfront Bridge (DNA)
- Richard Brodsky Chimes In on Cuomo Scandals and Empire State Development Corp. (News)
- Meadowlands Mall Clears Suit and Taxpayers Might End Up Subsidizing Construction (WNYC)
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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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