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By
Brad Aaron
8:53 AM EDT on August 1, 2018
- Times Union Covers Flanagan Fundraiser Speed Cam Protest
- East Side Access a Vicious Circle of MTA Capital Cost Bloat (Crain’s)
- The MTA Held a Public Forum on Second Avenue Subway Phase Two (NY1)
- State Senate Candidate John Liu: Don’t Ask Drivers to “Bail Out” Transit (Gothamist)
- City & State Takes a Bike Ride With Mayoral Aspirant Eric Adams
- Bklyner Previews New Hillel Place Pedestrian Plaza
- TLC Office Will Address Fare-Refusal Discrimination (NYT)
- Cuomo Unafraid to Lead When It Comes to Burning Money on Roads and Bridges (Post, AMNY)
- Victims of Times Square Vehicular Attack Are Suing the City (Post)
- Wrong-Way School Bus Driver Carrying Kids Pinballs Through Crown Heights; NYPD: Legal! (CBS)
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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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