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8:53 AM EST on November 17, 2017

    • Jim Dwyer Traces the MTA Debt Spiral to the Bottom of the Sea (NYT)
    • Meanwhile, PANYNJ Itches to Give Cuomo's AirTrain Boondoggle a Blank Check (AMNY, News)
    • Transit Users in Wheelchairs: A Brief History of MTA Neglect (Voice)
    • Bus Riders Talk to NY1 About Transit Signal Priority -- Spoiler: They're For It
    • Full Council Passes Ydanis's Hit-and-Run Text Alert Bill (News)
    • Treyger and Deutsch Want Bollards for Coney Island Boardwalk (News 12)
    • News Profiles Adrian Blanc; Cops Locate Vehicle Used to Kill Him
    • That This Driver Broke the Law Just By Getting Behind the Wheel Is a Footnote to the Post
    • Count the Systemic Failures That Led to This Brooklyn Vehicular Killing (News)
    • Sunday Is World Day of Remembrance for Traffic Violence Victims; Here's the TransAlt Schedule

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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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