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By Brad Aaron

8:58 AM EDT on June 19, 2013

Developing: Eight Hurt in Two-Car Curb-Jump Crash in East Village (DNA, NBC, ABC, Fox, Gothamist)
With Golden and Gantt Apparently on Board, Watered-Down Speed Cam Bill Expected to Pass (NY1)
De Blasio Transpo Platform Calls for Doubling Cycling, Expanding Bike-Share, Adding Bus Routes (NYT)
TransNat Estimates Big Drop in Number of Offline Citi Bike Stations
Department of Labor Investigating Alta Employee Complaints in DC (TransNat)
Sean Sweeney Will Try to Sue the Bike-Share Station Off Petrosino Square (Post)
Minor LIRR Derailment Disrupts Train Travel From New Jersey to Massachusetts (NYT)
Quinn to Call Hearing as ME Driver Suspended for Loading Hit-and-Run Victim With Trash (Post, PIX)
Behold the Nuttiness Surrounding CB 10’s Vote Against Fourth Avenue Safety: Bklyn Paper, News
DOT Proposes Daylighting, Bus Stop Shift at Deadly Forest Hills Intersection (DNA)
New York Is Failing Miserably at Keeping Recidivist Drunk Drivers Off the Roads (Advance)

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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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