Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:59 AM EST on March 1, 2018
- Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Troy Williams, 50, in Highbridge (News)
- De Blasio: My City’s Streets Don’t Work, So Here’s a Ferry Line (NY1, AMNY, Post)
- More Coverage of Next-Gen MetroCard Report From WSJ [Paywall]
- Schumer Lands TSA Penn Station Security Theater Pilot Program (WNYC)
- Dov Hikind Wants NJ Prosecutors to Investigate Brother’s Traffic Tickets (KCP)
- Surprise! Bronx NYPD CO Who Walk-Shames Deceased Victims Drives Everywhere (Press)
- Related: Car Break-Ins Are One Type of Vehicular Crime NYPD Doesn’t Let Slide (QNS)
- Just How Many Pedestrian Deaths Are Missing From Vision Zero View? (BK Paper)
- SI Strip Mall Developers Hope to Make Patrons Forget They Drove to Get There (Advance)
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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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