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By
Brad Aaron
8:50 AM EST on February 14, 2018
- More Evidence That NYC Should Not Be in Business With Action Carting (BK Paper)
- Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Fairest, Greenest Mayor of All? (NYT, Politico)
- NY and NJ Are On Their Own With Gateway, Like There Was Any Doubt (Politico, Crain’s)
- Check Out the Upstate Olympic Training Camp NYC Straphangers Are Paying For (WNBC)
- Center for an Urban Future on Outer Borough Transit: a “Crisis Without a Rescue Plan” (GG)
- WSJ: Gridlock Is Mucking Up Cab Rides From Midtown to LGA
- Move NY and RPA Pitch Congestion Pricing to Crain’s Readers
- Patch Warns Motorists About Woodhaven Boulevard Bus Lane Cameras
- Forest Hills COC Campaigns Against Life-Saving Queens Boulevard Bikeway (FHP)
- Motorist Critically Injures Person Walking in Brownsville and Flees (WABC, WCBS)
- Imagine Spending Your Life Filing Lawsuits Over Traffic Tickets (AMNY)
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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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