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By Brad Aaron

8:51 AM EDT on May 26, 2017

Your Commute Sucks Because the MTA Was Designed to Shield Pols From Accountability (Voice)
Post: Where Has Cuomo Been for the Past Six Years?
Spiraling Debt Alarms MTA Board Members (Gothamist), But Not Chair Fernando Ferrer (DNA)
Signal Problems Shut the C Train for Hours Yesterday (NBC)
Amtrak Big Explains Pending Penn Station Work (News, Gothamist, NY1, WNYC)
Christie’s NJ Transit Preemptively Blames Amtrak for Delays (Politico)
Brooklyn Residents and Developers Are Drifting Away From the L Line (NYT 1, 2)
DNA Surveys the Sad State of MTA Elevators
Bike Snob: Bronx CB 8 Joins Cranks in Rejecting Broadway Improvements in Riverdale (TransAlt)
Hit-and-Run Driver David Dinkins Settles Suit With Cyclist (Post)
This DNA Piece on Curb Dysfunction at LICH Demolition Site Will Make Your Head Hurt
Official Briefs Cities Today on How DOT Is Developing Freight Policy

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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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