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8:53 AM EDT on May 11, 2018

    • Looks Like de Blasio Has Decided to Water Down Waste Carting Reforms (Crain's -- Paywall)
    • 6 Hurt When Cab Drivers Collide, Sending Car Onto Chelsea Sidewalk (NBC, News, ABC, NY1)
    • What F/G Riders Can Look Forward to When the L Shuts Down (Voice)
    • Nice TransitCenter Piece on Diversity, and Lack Thereof, on Transit Boards
    • Michael DenDekker Wants DOT to Get to Work on Northern Boulevard Upgrades (QChron)
    • When Children Have to Be "Rescued" From Your City's Streets, Your Streets Are Broken (News)
    • Raging Cop Charged for Assaulting Another Motorist Keeps Job (Post, BK Paper)
    • Sleeping Ambulette Driver Crashes in Pelham Bay, Injuring 17 Passengers; NYPD: Legal! (Bx Times)
    • Motorist Backs Onto Sidewalk, Into Storefront on Riverdale Avenue (Press)
    • What Driving Everywhere Does to the Soul (Advance 1, 2)

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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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