Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
11:09 AM EDT on August 13, 2014
- NYPD Launches Two-Week Cyclist Enforcement Crackdown (Gothamist)
- How Do Cops Parked in Bike Lanes Enhance NYPD’s Bike Safety Program? (@saidchelsea)
- German Artists Say They Planted Bridge Flags (NYT); @BicycleLobby Flirts With Another Subpoena
- NYPD Vouches for Driver Who Critically Injured West Village Pedestrian Last Night (News)
- Off-Duty NYPD Officer Kills Himself and Another Motorist in Wrong-Way Thruway Crash (LoHud, Post)
- Thanks to Transit, New Yorkers Have Lowest Transportation Costs in the U.S. (AMNY)
- MTA and DOT Roll Out Wayfinding Maps in Subway Stations (WNYC)
- NYT Amends Inaccurate and Misleading High-Speed Rail Story on the Editorial Page
- Hey DOT, Upper Manhattan Really Needs Safe Spaces for Kids to Ride Bikes (DNA)
- Working Families Party Opposes Horse Carriage Ban (CapNY)
- Cuomo Fails to Knock Zephyr Teachout Off the Primary Ballot (News)
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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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