Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:55 AM EDT on October 7, 2016
- Cuomo Thinks It’s Funny to Raid the MTA Budget for His Seat-of-the-Pants Transportation Projects (Voice)
- L Train Shut for Hours Yesterday After Tunnel Filled With Smoke (Gothamist 1, 2; DNA; News; Post; AMNY)
- More on Thursday’s Disappointing Hearing on Bus Service: Gothamist, AMNY, News, Post
- Daily News Editorial Board Calls on the MTA to Address Bus Ridership Decline
- Samuelsen Calls for MTA Worker Pay Raise (News)
- Crashed NJ Transit Train Was Traveling at Two Times the Speed Limit (NYT)
- Is AAA New York More Bullish on Protected Bike Lanes Than DOT? (Bloomberg)
- Uber Impeded NYPD Investigation of Driver Who Assaulted and Dragged Passenger (News, Post)
- Attorney Who Blames Victim for Alleged DWI Hit-and-Run Death Will Get Your Blood Boiling (Advance)
- DOT Spends $100K a Year Removing Lock Litter From Brooklyn Bridge (Post)
- City Breaks Ground on Link Between Bronx River Parks (DNA)
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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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