Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:59 AM EDT on July 12, 2012
- Cyclists Crash After Vandal Scatters Tacks in Central Park; NYPD: So What? (Post)
- Bloomberg to Motorhead Media: “If We Listen to You, We’d Never Do Anything Ever Again.” (Capital)
- Taxi and Limousine Commission Expected to Approve Fare Hike Today (NY1)
- Cuomo Administration Can’t Decide Whether or Not Tappan Zee Is Safe to Drive On (MTR)
- Two Off-Duty NYPD Officers Have Been Arrested for DWI Since Sunday (DNA)
- DUMBO Businesses Working With DOT on Anchorage Place Pedestrian Plaza (Bklyn Paper)
- Safety-Minded Teens the Bronx Helpers Get Some Love From the Daily News
- Driver Kills Self by Crashing Into Building in Westchester Square; “No Criminality Suspected” (DNA)
- Southampton Police Track Phone Signal to Look for Hit-and-Run Killer, But BAC Evidence Lost (Post)
- @danisimons: Cyclist Deaths Are Given Short Shrift by Cops in the ‘Burbs, Too (Nyack News)
- Terminal Manager Says Shipping Firms Ditching Staten Island Over Bridge Tolls (Advance)
- NYC DOT Ads Depicting Stressed-Out, Imperiled Cyclists Won’t Help Get Women on Bikes (Velojoy)
- Got Opinions About Transit? The MTA Wants You (Transpo Nation)
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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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