Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
9:11 AM EDT on April 27, 2011
- Ticket-Fix Investigators Find Cops Tried to Clear Drunk Driving Colleagues (DNAinfo)
- NYPD Traffic Enforcement Apparently Directed by Post Editorialists (Transpo Nation)
- More Cuozzo Fact-Checking From Cyclists International
- Red Hook Sign Scolding Reckless Drivers Gets More Attention Than Reckless Driving (News 12)
- Officials, Residents Hope Graniteville Speed-Detecting Sign Will Do What Police Won’t (Advance)
- Bloomberg Plan for Livery Cab Hails Could Be On the Ropes (WSJ)
- James Oddo Wants People to Lose Their Jobs Over Easter Traffic Jam (NY1)
- Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch Earns High Marks for Progressive Transpo Policies (MTR)
- Evelyn Stevens Goes From Central Park Novice to Worldwide Cycling Phenom (WSJ)
- Using City Streets as Personal Expressway, P. Diddy Shows Jim Jones How It’s Done (Post)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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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