Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:52 AM EDT on April 30, 2013
- West Village NIMBYs Sue for Removal of Bank Street Bike-Share Station (Post, DNA)
- CM Andy King Backs Co-Op City Bike Lanes to Reduce Motorist Speeding, and NY1 Flubs the Hook
- NYPD Personnel Shifts Bring New Commanding Officers to 6th and 10th Precincts (DNA)
- Child Hospitalized When Van Driver Hits School Bus and Building at McGuinness and Greenpoint (DNA)
- Civil Jury Finds Staten Island Man Mostly Responsible for Being Hit by MTA Bus Driver (Advance)
- Longwood Merchants Say Elevated Tracks and Low Lighting Shut Down Street After Dark (DNA)
- Cap’n Transit Makes a Case for Reactivating the LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch
- Looks Like the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Could Use Some Bike Parking (@brendan_gray)
- NYC Venture Capitalist Charlie O’Donnell: The Bike Thing Is Happening, Like It or Not
- Damn Bike Share (Gothamist)
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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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