Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:59 AM EST on December 13, 2012
- CB 7 Members Agree: Bike Lane Endorsement Will Happen, Eventually (TransNat)
- Related: It Sounds Like Steve Cuozzo Is Dying to Get Back on a Bike
- At Bill-Signing, Pedicab Drivers Convince Bloomberg to Put Down His Pen (CapNY, Post 1, 2)
- Taxi Apps Will Probably Start With Pilot Program, Says Yassky (NYT, WSJ)
- Riverdale Press Dissects the Failed Drunk Driving Case Against Kevin Spellman
- Motorist Flips Car on Residential Street in Carroll Gardens (PMFA)
- Breaking: Child Wanders Onto NYC Street Unattended, Is Not Killed (Post)
- Cuomo Names Stop-and-Frisk Reform as a Top Agenda Item for 2013 (WNYC)
- Peter Vallone Jr. Is Running for Queens Borough President (DNA)
- Census Data on Transit, Race and Income Show Pretty Much What You’d Expect (TransNat)
- The Nation Honors Urbanist Pioneer Jane Holtz Kay
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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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