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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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