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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&#8217;s dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

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Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

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From the Calendar of City Council Transportation Chair James Vacca…

Vacca Constituent Asks: When Will City Council Get Real About Street Safety?

Noah joined Streetsblog as a New York City reporter at the start of 2010. When he was a kid, he collected subway paraphernalia in a Vignelli-map shoebox.
Before coming to Streetsblog, he blogged at TheCityFix DC and worked as a field organizer for the Obama campaign in Toledo, Ohio. Noah graduated from Yale University, where he wrote his senior thesis on the class politics of transportation reform in New York City. He lives in Morningside Heights.

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Next Week: Vallone and Vacca Lead Council Hearing on Traffic Safety

Nothing About Public Transportation in Chris Quinn’s Transportation Report

About Time: James Vacca Declares Traffic Safety a “Civil Rights Issue”

From the Calendar of City Council Transportation Chair James Vacca…

Vacca Constituent Asks: When Will City Council Get Real About Street Safety?

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