Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:44 AM EDT on April 7, 2017
- Penn Station Wasn’t Fixed in Time for This Morning’s Commute (AMNY, Post, NY1, AP)
- Derailment Caused by Known Track Flaw Amtrak Failed to Fix (NYT, Politico)
- Penn Dysfunction Has Transit Experts Pining for Gateway (Politico, WNYC, MTR)
- Astoria Ferry Launch Date Pegged for August (DNA)
- Advance Maps Thousands of Staten Island “Accidents”
- CB 3 Begs DOT for Relief From Traffic Danger and Noise at Clinton and Grand (DNA)
- DOT: We’re Not Responsible for Street Safety Outside New Lower Manhattan School (DX)
- SI Driver Who Hit Child and Fled Was Unlicensed (News); Victim Still Unconscious (Advance)
- Cuomo Orders April Crackdown on Distracted Driving (AP)
- TLC Strips Gene Friedman of Licenses to Manage Medallions (Post)
- Squibb Park Bridge Set to Reopen, With Less Bounce (Bklyn Paper)
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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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