Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:55 AM EDT on October 27, 2016
- De Blasio Allocates $1.5M for Campaign Urging Motorists to Not Hit People After Dark (NYT)
- The MTA May Never Adopt Efficient and Modern Payment Tech … (NY1, WNBC)
- … But Will Burn a Ton of Money on Cuomo’s Bus WiFi Gimmick (@AirlineFlyer)
- MTA Sought Approval of Cuomo Toll Project While Hiding Costs; Trottenberg: Nope (AMNY)
- Two Second Avenue Subway Stations Might Not Be Finished in December (NYT)
- School Bus Drivers Vote to Strike (Advance, News, NY1)
- City Hall Asks City Council to Hold Off on Food Cart Bill (Crain’s, Post)
- Though Data Indicate Otherwise, de Blasio Says Vision Zero Is Working in Staten Island (Advance)
- Rather Than Junking Defective Used Cars, the NYC Department of Finance Is Selling Them (NYT 1, 2)
- Human Rights Protestors Took Over Half a Level of the GWB Yesterday (WNBC, News, Post)
- MTA to Adjust Q59 Route as Part of DOT’s Meeker Avenue Project (DNA)
- Inside or Outside a Vehicle, Traffic Justice Remains Hard to Come by in New York (Post)
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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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