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8:58 AM EDT on August 26, 2008

    • Denver Police Issue Bike Threat Alert (TIME/Swampland)
    • Times Dumbfounded by Instant Popularity of Broadway Boulevard
    • On Heels of Summer Streets, TA Renews Call for Car-Free Prospect Park (Sun) 
    • Cops Seen Spinning Cruiser Through Bay Ridge Park (News) 
    • Traffic Agent Donnette Sanz Eulogized by Bloomberg and Kelly (News, Sun)
    • 10-Year-Old Queens Cyclist Hit After Being Pinned in Median (News, Post)
    • Grandfather of 12 Killed by Speeding Driver in Park Slope (News) 
    • Struck While Cycling in July, Assemblywoman Ellen Young Resumes Campaign (City Room)
    • Study Says Americans Driving More Safely; 41,000 Dead Last Year (Post)
    • Traffic Shift Pits Neighbor Against Neighbor in Pelham Bay (NYT)
Brad Aaron
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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