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Today’s Headlines

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
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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