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8:52 AM EDT on August 2, 2017

    • Motorist Kills Man in Rego Park, Flees Scene (Post)
    • Cuomo Moves Foye to MTA; Christie Crony to Head PANYNJ (Politico, NYT, WNYC, MTR, Post)
    • Voice: MTA Subway Performance Metrics Don't Really Help Diagnose Delays
    • Prediction: More Cops Underground Won't Fix the Subway (Gothamist)
    • Train Arrival Clocks Are Live on the A/C and B/D Lines (Rag)
    • De Blasio Placard Crackdown Inaction Outside Queens Borough Hall (DNA)
    • Mayor and NYPD Differ on How Best to Harass Working Cyclists (AMNY)
    • Driver Runs Over Woman in Grasmere, Keeps Driving (Advance)
    • Moya Wipes Indies From Ballot (News, DNA); Hikind Bucks Greenfield Pick (News)
    • What's to Become of Willets Point? (NY1)
    • Try Citi Bike Today for Free (Gothamist)

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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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