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By Brad Aaron

8:50 AM EDT on November 4, 2016

City Hall Blows Off Parents Who Don’t Want Another Child to Die in Traffic (News)
Will de Blasio Get Behind Discounted Fares for Poor New Yorkers? (Politico)
DNA and Brooklyn Paper Posted Maps of Proposed BQX Routes
MIA on Fatal MTA Bus Crashes, NTSB Investigating Death of Transit Worker on G Tracks (NY1)
City Plan for Staten Island’s North Shore: Ferries, Buses, Bikes, Lots of Parking (Advance 1, 2)
Box Truck Driver Runs Over Manhattan Cyclist, Victim in Serious Condition (News)
Nassau Police Chase Ends in Brooklyn Crash (News); 2 NYPD Wrecks in Upper Manhattan (Post)
It’s Too Bad for This Habitual Toll Cheat That He Didn’t Have Police Credentials (Post, News, Advance)
Bike Snob: It Shouldn’t Be Harder to Steal HBO Than It Is to Drive Without a License (Reclaim)
Voters Will Have a Chance to Shake Up New York Politics in 2017, Kind Of (WNYC)
Expect a Lot of Traffic in Midtown Tuesday; Fate of Free World to Be Decided, Too (News 1, 2)

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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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