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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

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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