Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:54 AM EDT on August 7, 2013
- Street Safety: No Longer an Afterthought for NYC Mayoral Candidates? (WSJ)
- Study Commissioned by Lappin and Garodnick Calls for More East Side Park Space (WSJ)
- Street Safety Came Up at AARP Mayoral Forum Where Weiner Did Something Dumb (CapNY)
- Speeding Driver Kills Himself by Crashing Into Parked Cars in East Flatbush (DNA)
- Four Weeks In, Majority of Electronic Hails Did Not Result in Cab Ride (News)
- Five N and Q Stations in Queens to Get Train Arrival Announcements (2nd Ave Sagas, News)
- NY1 Coverage of Uninvestigated Williamsbridge Curb-Jump Crash Says Nothing About “Cut Off” Driver
- EDC Won’t Reveal Criteria for Keeping Bay Ridge R Train Ferry (Bklyn Paper)
- Proofreading Error at the MTA Sign Shop (DNA)
- Who Says the Tabloids Hate Cyclists? (News, 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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