Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:54 AM EST on January 18, 2017
- Ydanis and 33 Other CMs Urge de Blasio to Fund Citywide Bike-Share (News)
- Will the Next MTA Chief Overcome the Agency’s Institutional Inertia? (TransitCenter)
- CBC: New MTA/TWU Contract Will Cost Straphangers (DNA, Post)
- Cuomo and Trump to Discuss “Infrastructure” Today (NYT)
- Cuomo Budget Includes “Setting Light Shows to Music” at Bridges (NYT, Politico)
- NYC’s Failure to Manage Curb Space Poses Mortal Risk to People on Bikes (AMNY)
- New Leadership at City Planning Department, HPD, and NYC EDC (DNA, Post, News)
- City Council Expected to Pass Package of Commuter Van Regulations (AMNY)
- Mindset at 52nd Precinct Explains NYPD’s Pathetic Hit-and-Run Clearance Rate (NYT)
- CHEKPEDS Calls on DOT to Prevent Deadly Turn Conflicts on Hudson River Greenway (DNA)
- Why Is It So Hard to Get DOT to Calm Traffic Near Schools? (DNA, News 12)
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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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