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By Brad Aaron

8:43 AM EDT on March 30, 2017

~~SUV~~ Yellow Cab Driver Kills 87-Year-Old Man on Lower East Side (Post)
De Blasio on 111th Street: “This Plan Is Ready to Move, So We’re Going to Move It” (DNA)
NYT to Cuomo: Sheridan Expressway Replacement Must Be a Livable Street
Albany Lawmakers Are Hot to Pass an Uber Bill (Politico)
Rockaway Ferry Service to Begin in June, Start Dates for Other Routes TBD (AMNY)
NYC Taxpayers Spend Hundreds of Millions to Maintain Bridges Drivers Use for Free (DNA)
TransAlt and Gothamist Announce Winner of 14th Street Design Contest (AMNY)
Chair of CB 9 Committee That Muffed Vote: There Will Be “No Bike Lane” on Franklin Ave. (DNA)
Driver Distraction and Failure to Yield Are Leading Causes of Crashes in Staten Island (Advance)
Drunk Internal Affairs Officer Crashes NYPD Vehicle in Queens (News)
Motorists, Civilian and Police, Are Determined to Park Illegally on Jay Street (Bklyn Paper)

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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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