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By Brad Aaron

9:12 AM EDT on April 7, 2011

What Bike Haters Need Fancy Lawyers and PR Flacks When They Have The Brooklyn Paper?
UWS Cyclist Arrested After Plainclothes Cop Nearly Doors Her, Chases Her With Car (Gothamist)
Long Island City Salon Hit by Two Drivers in Nine Days (WSJ); Grynbaum Suspects Bike Path
Cuomo Pledges to End Placard Abuse (WNYC); Ruben Diaz Sr. Plots End-Run (TransNat)
Group Finds MTA Subways Most Efficient System in U.S., But Buses Don’t Fare as Well (Crain’s)
Big Wheel-Pedaling Bus Racer Mark Malkoff Makes No Claim to Transit Advocacy (WSJ)
Beaten Traffic Agent Hopes Muni-Meter Grace Period Will Make Drivers Less Violent (News)
City Council Approves Columbia Inwood Waterfront Plan Over Neighborhood Objections (DNAinfo)
View From Restored High Bridge Will Be Obscured by Eight-Foot Prison Fence (News)
Residents Say Coney Island Boardwalk Rehab Designed for City Vehicles (News)

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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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