Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:25 AM EST on February 16, 2018
- Congestion Pricing Is More Popular in NYC Than Cuomo’s Handling of the MTA (SoP)
- More on the Riders Alliance Commute Horror Stories Contest From AMNY and WCBS
- Jeff Dinowitz Admits His Constituents Are Not Apoplectic Over Pricing Like He Is (Press)
- Amtrak Threatens to Ban NJ Transit for Lack of Positive Train Control (AP)
- NTSB: Lax Safety Protocol Led to Death of LIRR Foreman (Post)
- City Does Nothing as Brooklynites Pave Yards and Cut Up Curbs for Parking (Post)
- DOT Won’t Talk to Parents About Fourth Avenue Sidewalk Incursions (BK Paper)
- Note to Riverdale: DOT Can Take Street Design Decisions Away From Bronx CB 8 (Press)
- Leonia Adjusting Cut-Through Traffic Ban to Appease Businesses (WNYC)
- Challengers to Jeff Klein and Other Turncoat Dems Get WFP Endorsements (Politico)
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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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