Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:59 AM EDT on August 22, 2012
- Jermaine Elliot Killed by Hit-and-Run Truck Driver in Wakefield (DNA, News, NY1, NBC)
- WSJ, NBC, CapNY, TransNat, Atlantic Pick Up Times Bike Lane Poll; Whither the Tabloids?
- Here They Are: Fantasizing About the End of Smart Transpo Policy at NYC DOT (Post)
- More About the Software Problems That Have Delayed NYC Bike-Share (WSJ, Gotham Gazette)
- Tri-State: Latest DOT Index Shows Safer Streets Are Better for Businesses, Too (MTR)
- Work Stopped After Second Ave Subway Blast Rains Debris and Shatters Windows (News, DNA, Post)
- What Do District Attorneys’ Decline-to-Prosecute Policies Mean for Victims Who Can’t Speak? (WNYC)
- Queens Man Who Struck Cops With SUV While Fleeing Arrest Charged With Attempted Murder (Post)
- Elderly Woman Killed in Bronx Head-On Collision; “No Criminality Suspected” (Post)
- Worker Near Site of Thackoo Hargobin Death Says Speeding Drivers Make Street a “Zoo” (DNA)
- Motorist Has Seizure, Rams Storefront on Canal Street (Post, Gothamist)
- Via @Copenhagenize: Danish Newspaper Warns Against Walking in U.S. Cities (Turen Går Til)
- New David Byrne-Designed Bike Racks Make BAM Debut (Gothamist)
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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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