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  • Defined Space for Prospect Park Peds and Cyclists? Markowitz: If Drivers Get Extra Time (News, NYT)
  • Praise From All Quarters for Joe Lhota’s First 100 Days (Capital NY)
  • MTA Bridge Crossings Down Since 2007, Though Toll Revenues Are Up (News)
  • MTA to Sell Off Madison Avenue Buildings (Reuters)
  • City Panel Expected to Approve Third Ave. Whole Foods and Its 248 Parking Spots (NYT)
  • Reporting From One of City’s Most Hazardous Crossings, NY1 Parrots NYPD Victim-Blaming
  • Crossing Guard, Second Pedestrian Struck by Motorist in Harlem (DNA)
  • Driver Crashes Into Chelsea Building (DNA); Livery Cab Driver Hits House in Parkchester (NY1)
  • The Times Devotes Some Ink to Urban Street Safety
  • Science Says That Mercedes Driver More Likely to Feel Entitled to Run You Over
  • #savethelorax: Universal and Mazda Roundly Ridiculed by Steve Colbert

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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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