Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:33 AM EST on December 22, 2016
- DOT Pushes Timetable for Phase Three of Queens Boulevard Redesign Beyond 2017 (DNA)
- Cuomo’s Trying to Turn the Port Authority “Into an Extension of the Governor’s Office” (Politico)
- Stratospheric Construction Costs Stymieing Second Avenue Subway Phase Two (AMNY)
- Straphangers: Fare Hike Threat and Cuomo’s Capital Plan Trickery Are 2016’s Worst Transit Moments (NY1)
- Gov Still Hyping Cashless Tolls Transit Riders Will Pay For (Gothamist); Post Knocks 2AS Credit-Grubbing
- Cuomo Says He’s Dispatching State Troopers to NYC to Stop Terrorists and Toll Cheats (Post)
- Garodnick Wants de Blasio to Tweak Traffic Pattern Near Trump Tower (News)
- High-Speed Merrick Boulevard Collision Involving MTA Bus Hospitalizes Three (News)
- Uber Working Hard to Ensure Driving a Cab Remains a Low-Wage, Stressful Occupation (Politico)
- The State Attorney General Should Investigate All NYPD Car Chases That End in Death (NYT)
- People Flock to New York During the Holidays Because New York Is a Walking City (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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