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By Brad Aaron

8:57 AM EST on January 31, 2013

Bloomberg Budget Hinges on Selling New Cab Medallions, Among Other Things (CapNY, NYT)
Kenneth Cole, 44, Killed by Motorist on Linden Boulevard; “No Criminality Suspected” (DNA)
Pedestrian Wounded in Midtown (DNA); Elderly Man Under Vehicle in Cambria Heights (DNA)
Midtown East Rezoning Plan Includes Transit and Pedestrian Upgrades (DNA)
MTA Shows Off Progress Under Second Avenue (Second Ave Sagas)
RFEI Issued for Development of Southern Half of Governors Island (DNA)
Brooklyn Paper Covers Brouhaha Over Crown Heights Bike Corral
Brooklyn Spoke: Denis Hamill Screed Hit All the Regressive Notes
Times Theater Section Gets In on Cyclist Hate
Mapped Data Show How Customers Are Using Capital Bikeshare (TransNat)
In the Times Comments / Motorists Wax Poetic / Honkers Don’t Get It

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Brad Aaron

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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