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By Brad Aaron

8:58 AM EDT on October 23, 2012

Lhota Says Base Fare Will Probably Rise to $2.50 (NYT, News, SAS)
Her Daughter’s Killer Unnamed and Unpenalized, Mother of Roxana Buta Sues City (Post, DNA)
Case Dropped Against Lindsay Lohan for Alleged Hit-and-Run in Chelsea (NYT)
3-Vehicle Collision Leaves School Bus Overturned in East Harlem; NYPD: Nothing to See Here (DNA)
Cyclist Struck, Seriously Injured in Williamsburg Monday Afternoon (DNA)
Cy Vance Hosts Vehicular Crimes Training Course for Area Prosecutors
Lower Manhattan and Environs Attracting More Professionals and Couples With Kids (NYT)
EDC Presents Willets Point Plans in English to Audience That Doesn’t Speak English (CapNY)
Manhattan CB 12 Member Pens Bewildering Op-Ed on Henry Hudson Bridge Tolls (Uptown Collective)
Brooklyn Paper Picks Up Lentol’s Call for Pulaski Bridge Realignment
Brooklyn Spoke Spies a Citi Bike Docking Station
Damn Bike Lanes (Post)

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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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