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By
Brad Aaron
8:52 AM EST on January 12, 2017
- Tri-State: The Port Authority Capital Plan Isn’t Grounded in Reality
- Cuomo’s Roster of Wasteful Pet Projects May Include Downtown Syracuse Traffic Tunnel (Politico)
- Four BPs Call on City to Subsidize Transit Fares for NYers With Low Incomes (News)
- GWB Bus Terminal Developers Will Face the Public in February (Patch)
- Broken Rail Delays Thousands of LIRR Commuters (Post, AMNY)
- Driver Critically Injures 65-Year-Old Man on Main Street in Flushing (News)
- NYPD Says Officers Ignored Order to Cease Brooklyn Chase That Injured Bystander (News)
- People Are Complaining About NYS DOT Changes to Ocean Parkway (Bklyn Paper)
- Jeffrey Dinowitz Critiques DOT From Behind the Windshield (Press)
- 2AS: Gothamist Talks With Straphangers, Voice Rides With Kabak, News Invites de Blasio
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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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