Today’s Headlines

• NJ Transit Contract Negotiations Hurtle Toward the Brink (Politico, NYT, WNYC)
• More Coverage of Bratton Undermining de Blasio’s Vision Zero Goals (Gothamist, News)
• Van Driver Kills Man Crossing Intersection With No Crosswalk in Highbridge (News)
• Yellow Cab Driver Hits Two People and Crashes Into Building on First Ave (DNA, Post)
• Pedestrians Account for More Than a Quarter of Traffic Deaths in NY and NJ (MTR)
• Melinda Katz Supports Bringing Passenger Service Back to LIRR Lower Montauk Branch (TL)
• NY Water Taxi Ultimatum: Pick Us for City Ferry Contract or We’ll Stop Operating (DNA, News, Politico)
• DOT: Woodhaven SBS Won’t Cost $400 Million After All (QChron)
• DOT Investigating Potential Overtime Abuses in Road Repair Divisions (News)
• Staten Island Gets the $200 Million Repaving Project of James Oddo’s Dreams (DNA)
• How Manhattan’s Public Squares Got Their Names (News)

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