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8:57 AM EDT on May 24, 2018

    • Transit Will Continue to Rot as Long as Cuomo Is in Charge (NYT, WSJ, NY1, Post)
    • Gothamist, NY1, NYT Examine the Byford Plan; Related: Post
    • Millionaire Status Is Another Joe Lhota Conflict (Post)
    • Golden's Support for Speed Cameras Comes With a Raft of Conditions (Eagle)
    • How Developers Are Luring Residents With Bikes (Metro)
    • If NYC Cared About Sidewalks the City Would Take Responsibility for Them (Advance)
    • DOT Program to Utilize Dead Space Under Highways Starts With Gowanus Expressway (Patch)
    • Details Scant After Driver Injures Person Walking in Port Richmond (Advance)
    • People You Share the Streets With (Post)
    • Gene Freidman, Small Fish (NYT, WaPo)

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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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