Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:54 AM EDT on May 18, 2018
- Cuomo Hasn’t Ridden the Subway Since His 2016 Second Avenue Junket (Gothamist)
- L Shutdown: More From Voice, Gothamist on Alarming J/M/Z News
- DOT Not Excited About Bulking Up Grand Street Bike Lanes (BK Paper)
- TransitCenter: “Fare Capping” Would Eliminate Many MetroCard Hassles (Crain’s)
- Why Change the Henhouse Locks When the Fox Is the Locksmith (News)
- Stellar WPIX Report on the Need for Automated Speed Enforcement
- 2 Dead, Dozens Hurt in School Bus/Dump Truck Collision in Mount Olive, NJ (WNYC, NYT)
- Riverdale Sidewalk Crash That Could Easily Have Taken Life and Limb: All in Good Fun (Press)
- Design Firm Proposes Car-Free Floating Bridge for Newtown Creek (6SqFt)
- You’ll Have to Wait to Bike and Walk Across the New Goethals Bridge (NY1)
- Someone in Rudy Giuliani’s SUV Doored a Pedicab Driver in Midtown (TPM)
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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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