Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:55 AM EDT on May 14, 2013
- Marty Golden and David Weprin Among Politicos Who Consider Themselves Above Traffic Rules (Post)
- City Hires Firms to Improve Public Realm Along With Midtown East Rezoning (DCP via Curbed)
- Elba Granizo, 75, Killed by Driver in Elmhurst (Times Ledger)
- Leroy Comrie to Introduce Bill Requiring NYPD to Release Yearly Hit-and-Run Reports (News)
- Finally, Motorists Get More Space on the Brooklyn Bridge (NYT)
- Tri-State: NYS DOT Could Stand to Ramp Up Its Complete Streets Program
- MTA Sees Nothing Wrong With G Train Service (Crain’s)
- Post Nails Another Bike-Share Suit Exclusive, and Endorses John Liu’s Anti-Bike Platform
- Brooklyn Bike Train Cyclists Find Security in Numbers (Bklyn Paper)
- Dirt Bike Riders Tired of Running From Police, Want Their Own Park (DNA)
- Starlight Park Reopens, Minus Connections to Bronx River Greenway (DNA)
- Defending MLS Proposal, Bloomberg Says Park Land “Not the Only Thing People Need” (Post)
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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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