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8:44 AM EDT on April 19, 2012

    • Mayoral Candidates (Stringer Excepted) Don't Want to Talk About Transit Funding (Capital)
    • James Brennan and Marty Golden Introduce Broadened Lock Box Bill (Capital)
    • Police: Cyclist Daniel Martinez, 27, Killed After Grabbing Hold of Truck (News, DNA, Post)
    • Paul Lynch, 37, Killed Trying to Cross Bruckner Expressway (News)
    • On Eve of TLC Vote, Yellow Cab Owners Seek Injunction to Stop Livery Hail Plan (News)
    • MTA Figures Quantify G Train Ridership Surge (Bklyn Paper)
    • Harlem Residents, NYPD Helpless Against Dirt Bike Gangs (DNA)
    • Inwoodites at Breaking Point Over Dyckman Street Recreational Traffic (DNA)
    • Livery Drivers + Guns: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (News, NY1)

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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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