Today’s Headlines
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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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