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By Brad Aaron

8:57 AM EDT on October 28, 2016

Astoria Is Ready for Citi Bike (Gothamist)
Cuomo’s Max Power Philosophy on Cashless Tolls Could End Up Costing Bus and Subway Riders (Voice)
23rd Street Select Bus Service Will Start in November (DNA)
Jim Dwyer Endorses Campaign to Turn Around NYC Bus Service (NYT)
Bronx Residents Pay More Per Mile on Metro-North Than Richer Westchester Commuters (RPA)
3 and 4 Train Will Be Disrupted for a Month Thanks to 1 Moron in a Box Truck (Post)
NY1 on Fall and Winter Traffic Safety Campaign: OK But What About Reckless Pedestrians
Brooklyn Spoke Has One Simple Test for Your City’s Safety Education Campaign
To Staten Island Advance, Drivers Terrorizing Pedestrians Just the Normal State of Things
Bullying People Who Want Safer Streets Becoming De Rigueur at Community Board Meetings (Q Trib)
Parks Employee Seriously Injures Boy Near SI School (Advance); Post: Child’s Fault

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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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