Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:44 AM EDT on October 5, 2016
- Judge Dismisses Crackpot Lawsuit to Rip Out NYC Bike Lanes (News, Post)
- Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson Announces Leave of Absence for Cancer Treatment (NYT)
- On the Stand, Christie Lackey Wildstein Implicates Cuomo in Bridgegate Cover-Up (NYT, Politico)
- Incoming RPA Chair Disagrees With RPA Criticism of Cuomo’s Penn Station Plan (Politico, DNA)
- What’s Behind the Slowed Growth in Subway Ridership? (News)
- TransitCenter Urges MTA to Get Serious About Bus System Overhaul
- Heinous: Daily News Blames Anna Colon for Being Run Over by Bus Driver; More: DNA, Post
- Motorist Strikes and Injures Child on Upper West Side; Victim Hospitalized (DNA)
- Tri-State Not Impressed by New Jersey Gas Tax Deal
- NYC Cyclists Have Been Dealing With Bike Lane Blockers Since the 19th Century (Atlas Obscura)
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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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