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Motorist Kills Feliks Dadiomov, 88, on Ocean Parkway in Sheepshead Bay; No Charges (News) Is Vision Zero on Track When Pedestrian and Cyclist Deaths Rise? De Blasio Thinks So (NYT) The Mayor Might Be Less Sanguine If He Attended a Few Victims’ Funerals (News) Port Authority Just a Piggy Bank for Cuomo and Christie Pet Projects (Voice) Christie’s Pillaging of ARC […]

JSK: Fix Trump Tower Traffic Mess — Make 5th Av a Car-Free Transit+Pedestrian Street (NYT) Drivers Killed Three People in Brooklyn in Separate Crashes Yesterday (News, DNA, Gothamist) There’s a New Subway Near de Blasio’s House But It Doesn’t Go to His Park Slope Gym, So… (News, AMNY) A Blocked Storm Drain at W 4th Street Caused Yesterday’s Cascade of Subway […]

Cuomo Expected to Release Statewide Uber/Lyft Bill Today (D&C) Nicole Gelinas: NYC Can Come Up With A Better Way to Get Uber Trip Data (Post) RPA: Despite Enormous Cost, Cuomo Should Build a Midtown-JFK Rail Link (Politico) One Drunk Driving Trip in the Bronx Ruined So Many Lives (News) Icy Sidewalks Can Be Deadly — Elderly Man Slips and Dies […]

Gateway Has PANYNJ Funding Commitment (Politico), Needs New Director (Politico) PABT Takes a Back Seat to Cuomo Vanity Projects (NYT, News) Post Editorial Board Is Wise to the Governor and His “Mystery Money” Good-Bye Conductor Cuomo (AMNY, DNA) LIRR Train Crashed at Twice the Speed Limit (NYT, News); Lawsuits Begin (DNA) Uber Tries Scaremongering to Thwart TLC Data Collection (DNA, AMNY) Car in […]

Carl Weisbrod Stepping Down as Planning Chief, Former ESD Exec Marisa Lago Stepping In (NYT) The Time for Cuomo to Gloat Over 2nd Ave Subway Is Over — Back to Grandiose Airport Plans (Politico, DNA) Christie and Cuomo Put on a Clinic in Cynically Carving Up Port Authority Resources (Record) LIRR Train Fails to Stop at Atlantic Terminal, Causing Mostly […]

De Blasio Says He’ll Lobby State Legislators for More Speed Cameras (NY1) New Yorkers Marvel at Their New Subway Line (NY1, NYT, News, AMNY) Daily News Challenges Cuomo to “Keep His Conductor Hat On” Attaboys All Around for Departing Tom Prendergast (NY1) Post Covers Ydanis Bill to Establish Hit-and-Run Reward Fund David Greenfield Has a Real Gift for […]