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By
Brad Aaron
8:51 AM EST on January 26, 2018
- Key Players Aren’t Rejecting Congestion Pricing Out of Hand This Time (NYT)
- State Lawmakers Want Cuomo to Can His MTA Extortion Gambit (NYT)
- Lhota Says a “Freedom Ticket” Pilot Is Coming This Year (AMNY)
- Attention Straphangers: Don’t Stop Tweeting About Subpar Transit Service (News)
- Hearing Andy Byford Talk Up Buses (and Bikes) Will Do Your Heart Good (WNYC, News)
- Ravitch Wishes Media Would Stop Making MTA Coverage About Cuomo vs. de Blasio … (AMNY)
- … And the Voice Shows How It’s Done
- Jim Dwyer: Subway Riders Deserve Nice Things (NYT)
- Cy Vance Lets NYPD Prosecute Police Brutality Protestors for Jaywalking (News)
- Trottenberg Corrects Queens Chronicle Story That Inflated 111th Street Crash Data
- Bike Snob’s Alter Ego Counters Bronx CB 8 Opposition to Riverdale Ave. Upgrades (Press)
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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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