Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:55 AM EDT on October 4, 2012
- Alta Wins Portland Bike-Share Contract, Says Citi Bike On Schedule for March (Bklyn Spoke)
- MTA Inspector General Finds Systemic Cost Overruns for LIRR Maintenance (Post, News)
- Bruce Ratner Worries About Barclays Center Traffic, Too (CapNY)
- NYPD Reportedly Looking for Video of Hit-and-Run Crash That Killed Terence Connor (Gothamist)
- Attorneys for Accused DWI Killer Kevin Spellman Want Beer Can Evidence Tossed (R’dale Press)
- Accused DWI Killer Brian McGurk Pleads Not Guilty to Homicide, Leaving Scene (NY1)
- Pedestrian Struck by Minivan Driver on Ocean Parkway; “No Criminality Suspected” (DNA)
- City Marshal Rams Wrong-Way Driver, Whose Car Slams Into LES Market (Gothamist)
- Astoria Restaurant Starts Petition for Bike Corral After DOT Caved to Community Board 1 (DNA)
- City Mulls Ban on Sidewalk Stands on Congested Main Street in Flushing (QChron)
- Bobby Valentine Crashed His Bike in Central Park (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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