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  • Puran Thapa, 7, Killed by Driver in Ridgewood; “No Criminality Suspected” (Post 1, 2; DNA)
  • Pedestrian Critical After Driver Pins Victim to Wall in Brooklyn Heights (DNA, BHB, NBC)
  • TSTC: Imperiled Safe Routes Funding All the More Reason for Albany to Act on Traffic Cams
  • Lawrence Downes: Cuomo Should Slay the NIMBY Beast Blocking LIRR Third Track (NYT)
  • South Ferry Station May Not Reopen for at Least a Year (TransNat, AP); Kabak Takes a Tour
  • SI Commuters Say Walking to Express Bus Preferable to Driving to South Shore Ferry (Advance)
  • Assembly Member Phil Goldfeder Wants Feasibility Study for Rockaway Beach Rail Revival (SAS)
  • Will Proposed Kips Bay Plaza Hinge on Who Gathers More Signatures? (DNA)
  • Long Island City Curb Hogs Would Rather Kids Eat Cigarette Butts Than Move Their Cars (DNA)
  • Bill Thompson Says He Would Appoint a Deputy Mayor for Infrastructure (NYT)
  • The Wave of the Future: Big-City Mayors Tout Protected Bike Lanes as Economic Must-Haves (USAT)

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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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