Today’s Headlines

Cuomo’s Congestion Panel Discussed Three Road Pricing Options at First Meeting (News)
Bernie Sanders and NYC Transit Politics Don’t Mix (NYT, News, DNA, Post, NY1, Gothamist)
Paul White: To Prevent Traffic Deaths, de Blasio Should Embrace Congestion Pricing (Gotham Gazette)
Village Voice Has a 5-Point Transportation Plan for de Blasio’s Second Term
Bad News: NJ Transit Ridership Fell 3 Percent Last Year; Good News: Christie’s Almost Gone (Record)
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Jeremiah Grant, 8, in Jersey City; No Charges (AP)
Hit-and-Run Dump Truck Driver Seriously Injures NYPD Cadet Outside Police Academy (DNA, News, Post)
Speeding Hit-and-Run Driver Critically Injures Man on Roebling Street in Williamsburg (DNA)
Winds, Faulty Signals, Broken Trains Snarl Monday Morning Transit Commutes (News)
Sparks Fly From Overheated F Train, Delaying Evening Rush (News)

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Vooch

can we please stop killing people with cars ?
Tooscrapps

It’ll be interesting how the NYPD treats the hit and run driver who claimed he was “unaware” he hit someone when it’s one of their own one the receiving end.
Joe R.

While ignoring those who kill with cars the police charge someone with murder who was apparently defending themselves:

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-deli-worker-fatally-knifed-attacker-charged-murder-article-1.3513662

He should have just ran over his attackers with a car. So long as he was sober and didn’t leave the scene he would have at worst received a traffic ticket.
AMH

Breaking: vehicular attack on West St

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/gunman-opens-fire-home-depot-truck-runs-4-bike-riders-article-1.3602094