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By Brad Aaron

8:50 AM EDT on September 27, 2017

The MTA’s Innovation Allergy Has Stalled Subway Platform Doors (Transport Politic)
Related: Subway Service Delayed Yesterday by Man on the Tracks (Post, DNA)
More on the Bus Turnaround Coalition’s Rider Woes Campaign (News, NY1, AMNY)
NJ Transit Has No Contingency Plan If Hudson Tunnels Go Offline (WNYC)
City Council Considers E-Hail Cap and Yellow Cab Medallion Bailouts (Post)
Someone Crunched the Data on When Citi Bikes Are Faster Than Cabs (Todd Schneider, Gothamist)
Bike New York Asks Lhota to Relax Bridge Path Riding Restrictions (AMNY)
DNA Covers DOT’s Incomplete Fifth Avenue Plan
Countdown Clocks Installed at Park Slope Bus Stops (Bklyn Paper)
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Man on Van Wyck (DNA); Motorcyclist Dies in St. Albans (News)
Victory for Albany Corruption: Appeals Court Tosses Skelos Conviction (NYT, Politico)

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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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