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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
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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