Today’s Headlines
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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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