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8:31 AM EDT on August 30, 2017

    • What Happened to Cuomo's Emergency MTA Shake-Up Plans? (Politico)
    • Meet the Upstate Lawmakers Who Help Decide Whether the Subway Gets Funded (NYT)
    • IBO: City Employees Alone Have Lost 17K Hours of Work to Transit Delays in 2017 (News, NY1)
    • Try Not to Clench Your Jaw as Bill de Blasio Touts Ferries as Fix for Crowded Trains and Streets (DNA)
    • Citi Bike Considers Dockless Bikes (Post)
    • Taras Grescoe: Ease of Weaponizing Vehicles Another Argument for Car-Free Urban Spaces (NYT)
    • WNYC Spoke With de Blasio Primary Challengers Who Aren't Sal Albanese
    • MTA Driver Fails to Secure Bus, Is Critically Injured Trying to Stop It From Rolling Away (Post, NY1)
    • Classy: Port Authority Cops Ticket Cyclist Risking His Life to Deliver Food (News)

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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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