Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:56 AM EDT on September 18, 2012
- Pelagia Zingtapan, 65, Killed by Cab Driver on UES; No Criminality Suspected (Post 1, 2; DNA, News)
- Unlicensed Drunk Driver Slams Into Airport Van Near Radio City, Injuring Four (News, DNA)
- High-Speed Collision in Midwood Kills Motorist; No Criminality Suspected (Post)
- Even Pete Donohue’s MTA Fare Hike Analysis Includes a Gratuitous Swipe at Cyclists
- Vendors Hauling Food Carts, Some by Car, Through Downtown Brooklyn Bike Lanes (Bklyn Paper)
- DOT Proposes Bike Lanes for Long Island City (NY1)
- Kips Bay School Building May Be Replaced by Sanitation Garage (DNA)
- MTA Web Site’s Trip Planning Tool Gets an Upgrade (Advance)
- Cap’n Transit Wishes the Media Would Get It Right When Reporting on the Tappan Zee
- Times Transpo Beat: Is That Really @JoeLhota on The Twitter?
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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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