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By Brad Aaron

8:59 AM EDT on June 6, 2012

Bloomberg: Better Bike Lanes, Not Frivolous Helmet Laws, the Key to Safer Cycling (Transpo Nation)
DOT to Expand Program to Speed Midtown Traffic; Cue Times Ped Plaza Dig
Cuomo’s Convention Center Stalls, But Advos Still Hope for Rockaways Rail Revival (Capital)
Bus Riders in Carroll Gardens and Red Hook Lobby for Return of B77 (DNA)
TLC Looking Into Apps That Allow Riders to Hail Cabs With Phones (Post)
Harlem Residents Enter Negotiations With Scofflaw Dirt Bikers (DNA)
Rockaway Building Worker Helping Jump-Start Van Killed When Driver Hits the Gas (News)
Family of Timothy Keith, Boy Killed by Cab Driver, Raising Money to Pay for Funeral (KWTX)
FreshDirect Takes Advantage of Lax Parking Enforcement, Sets Up Shop on Tribeca Street (DNA)
CB 2 Chair Brad Hoylman Seen as Heir Apparent to Tom Duane’s State Senate Seat (DNA)
Code-Savvy Teen Ticketed for Sidewalk Unicycling Says He’ll Beat the Rap (Post)

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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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