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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
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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