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8:42 AM EDT on July 12, 2017

    • Driver Kills Cyclist in Bed-Stuy -- No Charges Filed (News)
    • New Yorkers Are Wising Up to Cuomo's MTA Shenanigans (NYT, Politico)
    • Let's Hope Lhota Is Serious About Making the MTA More Transparent (News)
    • State Senate Republicans Back Funding for LIRR Third Track (AP)
    • MTR: Fixing the Subway Would Burnish Cuomo's Climate Change Bona Fides
    • Today's Subway Crisis Is Rooted in the Early 20th Century (Vox)
    • DOT Announces Summer Streets Schedule (DNA, Gothamist)
    • NYC Is Starving the Beloved Police Athletic League Play Streets Program (NYT, DNA)
    • Nice Business Insider Piece on How the Sheridan Expressway Decimated Hunts Point
    • Driver Who Killed Mary Cerqua in SI Crosswalk Has Completed Her Sentence (Advance)

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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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