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8:57 AM EST on February 8, 2017

    • Peggy Diaz, Hit by Driver in Rossville, Dies From Injuries (Advance)
    • The MTA Will Give the "Freedom Ticket" a Try This Fall (AMNY)
    • Cuomo's Screwy Transit Priorities, in Two Stories (Voice, New Yorker); Meanwhile ... (DNA)
    • Who Wants to Run Cuomo's MTA? (Second Ave Sagas)
    • De Blasio Is Getting Involved in the Port Authority Bus Terminal Imbroglio (Politico)
    • Bklyn Paper: Mathieu Eugene Wants Cars Out of Prospect Park
    • Motorist Kills Woman Walking on Major Deegan; No Charges (News)
    • Motorist Strikes and Injures Child Near Cadman Plaza; No Charges (DNA)
    • What Carl Heastie Does When He's Not Obstructing NYC Speed Enforcement (WNYC)
    • More Motor Mayhem: News, Post, Post

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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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