Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:57 AM EDT on July 1, 2013
- Ray Kelly Denies Crackdown, Attributes Ticket Spike to “More People Riding Bikes” (News, NY1)
- AP Reports Three Citi Bike Injuries in 500,000 Rides, Frets Over Helmets
- Post: MTA Bridge and Tunnel Officers Ordered to Cut DWI Arrests to Reduce Overtime
- NYPD Arrests Truck Driver for Hit-and-Run Killing of Cyclist Shui Jiang (Bklyn Paper, News)
- Two Dead in Grand Central Parkway Crash; Driver Charged With Manslaughter (News, Post)
- Gelinas: NYC’s Standing Among World Cities Threatened by Decrepit Rail Infrastructure (Post)
- Bronx CB 1 Chair Adjourns Meeting to Prevent Members From Discussing FreshDirect (DNA)
- Washington Heights and Inwood Streets Dirtiest in Boro After CB 12 Cuts Alt Side Days (DNA)
- Central Park Bike Rental Businesses Complain That Tourists Are Choosing Citi Bike (DNA)
- Upper Manhattan Commuters Hop On the Bike Train (DNA)
- So Long, Love Affair With the Automobile (NYT); Hello, Romance With the Bicycle (CSM)
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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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