Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:54 AM EDT on October 6, 2017
- If Past Is Prologue, Cuomo Is All Talk on Road Pricing (Politico, Gothamist, News)
- Commuter Vans Won’t Save L Train Riders (Gothamist)
- Citi Bike Surpassed 50 Million Trips This Week (News, Patch, KCP)
- De Blasio’s NYPD Hates New Yorkers Who Bike, and the Mayor Is OK With That (Voice)
- 10th Precinct, Where Bus Drivers Killed 2 Cyclists, Is Ticketing Cyclists for Speeding (Chelsea Now)
- AMNY Talks to Experts, and Malliotakis, About de Blasio’s Transportation Record
- Companies That Rushed to Build de Blasio’s Ferries Blame NYC for Financial Troubles (NYT)
- Straphangers Need More Trains, Not Fewer Seats (News)
- Think Any of These Drivers Was Speeding? (Rag, Advance)
- Motorist Puts TEA in the Hospital After Getting a Ticket (DNA)
- Does Dan Doctoroff Regret Flooding NYC Neighborhoods With Parking? (NYT)
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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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