Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:15 AM EDT on May 16, 2018
- Meet the Fortunate Few Who Get Paid by the City to Avoid the Subway (Voice)
- Storms Knock Out MNRR and NJ Transit Service (Gothamist, NYT, AMNY, Post)
- It Took Five Months for Phil Murphy and Andrew Cuomo to Clash Over PANYNJ (Politico)
- Trump’s FTA Pick Won’t Talk About Gateway (WNYC)
- Two Stories About Subway Announcements: Post, News
- Distracted Driving Is a Way of Life for TLC Licensees (Outline)
- Uber Big Calls for Road Pricing in Crain’s Op-Ed
- Motorist Knocks Bus Onto SI Sidewalk (Advance); Driver Into House in Queens (Gothamist)
- Larry Littlefield, This One’s for You (NYT)
- Damn Velocipedes (NYT)
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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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