Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:59 AM EST on January 16, 2013
- NYC Pedestrians Are Safe From School Bus Drivers Today (AP, Post)
- Columbia Study: Investments in Safer Streets Means Fewer Kids Hit by Motorists (BabyCenter, Reuters)
- Q Poll: Vast Majority of Voters Don’t Really Know Who Joe Lhota Is (NYT)
- Critically Injured Cyclist Julian Valencia Works Construction and Builds Bikes (Gothamist)
- CB-Vetted Crown Heights Bike Corral Becomes Object of Gentrification Anxiety (Patch, Bklyn Spoke)
- City Asks for Dismissal of Lawsuit Over New Sidewalk on Pelham Parkway South (DNA)
- Lax NYPD Enforcement Puts Locals at Risk From Truck Drivers in East Williamsburg (DNA)
- DNA Covers Push for Safety Fixes to Deadly Sunnyside Intersection
- Proposed Queens Soccer Stadium May Have Competition in Nassau County (CapNY)
- Ray Kelly’s NYPD: 19 Cops for Traffic Deaths, GPS and Nano Tech for Pain Pills (NYT, News)
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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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