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Brad Aaron
8:54 AM EDT on August 16, 2017
- RPA: Region’s Growth Will Stagnate Without Cross-Hudson Transit Upgrades (Politico)
- After 42 Years, Denny Farrell Times Retirement So He Can Pick Successor (News, NY1)
- Brooklyn Paper Nails Story on NYPD Crash Investigation Secrecy
- How Lobbyists Led de Blasio to Route Trash Trucks Away From UES Playground (Politico)
- Citi Bike Opens Operations and Repair Facility in Gowanus (NY1)
- MTA Leaves Riders in the Dark About Changes to the Bx20 (R’dale Press)
- NYC Ferry to Drop 64th Street Stop, Add 34th Street to Soundview Route (AMNY)
- What Does the ADA Say About Allowing Drivers to Block Curb Ramps? (DNA)
- TLC Officers Choke Uber Driver During JFK Arrest Caught on Video (Post)
- Three Killed, Four Injured in Suffolk County Crash (Post)
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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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