The Weekly Carnage
(Photo by lostinfog on flickr)
11:25 AM EDT on September 22, 2006

- N.J. Towns Search for Ways to Pay for Carcas Removal (AP via Newsday)
- 3 Weekend Crashes Leave 3 Dead in Nassau County (Newsday)
- 2 Dead in Rural N.J. SUV Crash (Star Ledger)
- 2 Upstate Teenagers Dead After Hitting Tree (Newsday)
- Promising Hip-Hop Artist Killed in Chelsea Hit-and-Run (NY Post)
- Clues Sought in Fatal Hit-and-Run in Chelsea (Newsday)
- E. Village Restaurant Owner on Bicycle Dead After Hit by Truck (Daily News)
- Girl, 16, Killed in Crash on Saw Mill Parkway (Journal News)
- Worker Dies Filling in for Brooklyn Traffic Guy (Daily News)
- Mahopac Student Killed in One-Car Crash is Mourned (Journal News)
- Woman Critical After Being Hit by Garbage Truck in Brooklyn (amNY)
- Woman Who Ran Over Husband Gets Six Months (Newsday)
- Murder Verdict Sought in Fatal Limo Wreck (AP via NYT)
- L.I. Man, 20, Arrested in Freeport Hit-and-Run (Newsday)
- Motorcyclist in Critical After Crash With Car (Star Ledger)
- Homicide Charges in May Fatal Port Chester Hit-and-Run (Journal News)
- Car Crashes Into Building in Mohegan Lake, N.Y. (Journal News)
(Photo by lostinfog on flickr)
Before he began blogging about land use and transportation, Aaron Donovan wrote The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund's annual fundraising appeal for three years and earned a master's degree in urban planning from Columbia. Since then, he has worked for nonprofit organizations devoted to New York City economic development. He lives and works in the Financial District, and sees New York's pre-automobile built form as an asset that makes New York unique in the United States, and as a strategic advantage that should be capitalized upon.
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