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8:43 AM EST on January 31, 2018

    • Drivers Licenses Mean Nothing in New York (Post 1, 2; Bklyn Paper)
    • Lousy Transit Is a Regressive Tax on NYC's Hardworking Home Health Aides (NYT)
    • Traffic and Inefficient Labor Practices Make MTA Bus Costs Highest in the U.S. (Curbed)
    • Watchdog Groups Want State to Investigate Inflated Subway Power Failure Data (News)
    • Huzzahs for Corey Johnson's Congestion Pricing Endorsement, de Blasio Not Included (NY1)
    • Raskin: Don't Let Cuomo Pass the Buck -- It's Still His MTA (C&S)
    • On Regional Infrastructure, Grown-Ups Play Along With Presidential Trump (WNYC, News)
    • Corey Johnson Took TLC Oversight Away From Ydanis and Gave It to Ruben Diaz Sr. (Post)
    • 2 to 4 Years for Unlicensed SI Hit-and-Run Driver Who Injured Child (Advance)
    • Tabloid Traffic Violence Victim-Blaming, Explained: News
    • Damn Bike Lanes (News; Advance 1, 2, 3)

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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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