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By
Brad Aaron
8:47 AM EST on March 8, 2017
- New York City Motorists Killed 3 People Walking Yesterday (News)
- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, RPA’s Tom Wright Bullish on de Blasio Streetcar (NY1)
- MTA Won’t Say When It Will Restore Bus Stop Linking M86 to Second Ave. Line (DNA)
- Parking Enforcement Is Down in Queens Neighborhoods and That’s Good News, Says DNA
- SI Driver Who Fatally Flung Man From Hood of Car Gets 1 to 3 Years (Advance)
- Crain’s Thinks NYC Should Leave Uber Alone
- Curb Ramp Wanted to Improve Pedestrian Access to Fort Greene Park (Bklyn Paper)
- Schumer Detects Pattern in Airplane Crashes, Calls on Feds to Investigate (News)
- Paterson Mayor Indicted for Corruption (NYT)
- Thanks Trump (Gothamist; NYT 1, 2, 3; Politico)
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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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