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By Brad Aaron

8:41 AM EDT on April 18, 2018

RPA Proposes Shake-Up of Metro Commuter Rail (AMNY)
MTA and NJ Transit Lag on Positive Train Control Upgrades (Politico)
Students Tell Vice How Their Lives Will Be Upended by the L Shutdown
Accessibility Advocate Jessica Murray Has the Skinny on Recent Ride With Andy Byford
Byford to Meet With Upper West Siders Tomorrow (Rag)
Voice Has an Explainer on the MTA’s Faulty New Signals at Bergen Street
DOT Got Around to Striping Crosswalks on 96th Street (Rag)
Family Members Mourn Brooklyn Hit-and-Run Victim Dorothy Parker (News)
Don’t Count on NYPD to Stop the Next Dorothy Bruns (Bx Times)
Is the Empire State Development Corporation Prepping for Yankee Stadium Part 2? (Voice)

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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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