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By Brad Aaron

8:47 AM EDT on November 2, 2016

Fixing the BQE Is DOT’s Top Priority, But It Doesn’t Know Where the Money Will Come From (Politico)
City Hall Reveals Potential BQX Routes (NYT); De Blasio Teases More Streetcars and Ferries (Crain’s)
No Relief in Sight for Crowded, Delayed Subway Trains (DNA)
DOT Has No Comment on TA’s Grand Street PeopleWay Proposal (DNA, Post)
DOT Shifts Some Park Slope Citi Bike Stations (DNA)
New State Law Requires Motorists to Slow Down Near Sanitation Trucks (DNA)
Tourist Struck by Driver on Williamsburg Bridge Dies (Post, AMNY)
Van Driver Injures 13-Year-Old Girl in Forest Hills (News)
67th Precinct Criminalizes Biking While Black (Voice)
Jersey Motorists Ponder the Seemingly Unthinkable: Consuming Less Gasoline (NYT)

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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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