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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
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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