Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:42 AM EDT on October 18, 2017
- With Little to No Public Process, Cuomo to Bring Robot Cars to NYC (NYT, News, Gothamist, Politico)
- Lhota Says MTA Will Get Better at Communicating With Riders (AMNY)
- Straphangers Unimpressed With Subway Seat-Removal Band-Aid (NYT)
- MTA Denies Report of Track Cleaning Cutbacks (Gothamist)
- Ydanis Rodriguez Wants to Double Number of Yellow Cabs With 2-for-1 Medallions (Post)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Kills 49-Year-Old Man in Longwood (News)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Critically Injures Man Walking Bike in Middle Village (News)
- Allison Liao’s Dad Sets the Record Straight on Tony Avella’s Northern Blvd. Theatrics (QChron)
- Advance Columnist Wonders Why Everyone in Staten Island Doesn’t Get a Car Already
- The CCRB: Still a Joke (Politico)
- Damn Bike Lanes (DNA)
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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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