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8:52 AM EST on February 8, 2018

    • Subway Service Is Improving: < 2 Massive Delays Per Weekday in December (NYT)
    • Meet Joe Lhota, Andrew Cuomo's Part-Time Political Attack Dog (Politico)
    • Lhota Threatens to Punish All Straphangers for Fewer Fare-Beating Prosecutions (NYT)
    • How the MTA Saddled Future SAS Riders With Longer Headways (Voice)
    • There Is an L Shutdown Open House Tonight in Williamsburg (NY1)
    • NYPD Has Practically Legalized Hit-and-Run in NYC (City Limits)
    • Bipeds Register Only as Obstacles in DSNY's State-of-the-Art Snow Situation Room (NYT)
    • Former DOT Chief Lou Riccio Wants News Readers to Believe Uber Created Gridlock
    • Psycho Who Shot Two People in Queens Traffic Dispute Gets 25 to Life (FHP)
    • It Could Happen (Onion)

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Brad Aaron
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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