Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:57 AM EDT on June 22, 2017
State Legislators Approve Bill to Expand NYC Speed Camera Program (Post)- Cuomo’s Hail Mary Pick for MTA Chief: Part-Timer Joe Lhota (NYT, Politico, News, AMNY)
- MTA Board Meetings Are Getting Feistier Than Usual (Politico, Post, DNA, AMNY, WNYC)
- Gov’s Latest Ploy to Duck Responsibility for His Transit System Is Fooling No One (Voice, DNA)
- Who Will Pay for LIRR Penn Station Contingency Plan? (Gothamist)
- MTA Pledges Access-A-Ride Improvements (AMNY)
- Nine Out of 10 Arrested for Turnstile-Jumping Are People of Color (DNA)
- Windsor Terrace Locals Move Heaven and Earth to Get Buffered Bike Lanes Out of DOT (Bklyner)
- Dept of Transformation Shows How the Law Should Treat Cycling at T-Intersections (Gothamist)
- Prospect Heights Ice Cream Shop Wants Curbside Seating, and NY1’s Jeanine Ramirez Sees a Scandal
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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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