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8:54 AM EDT on October 7, 2013

    • Allison Liao, 3, Killed by Driver Making a Turn in Flushing (Post); News Sticks to Victim-Blaming
    • Those Motorcyclists Terrorizing NYC? Some of Them Are NYPD (NYT, DNA, Post)
    • Two Pedestrians in Critical Condition After Separate Queens Crashes; "No Criminality" (Post)
    • Manhattan Pedestrians Hurt in Two Hit-and-Runs, and One Suspect Is a Cab Driver (Post)
    • William Hemphill, 51, Killed by Off-Duty Cop in Staten Island Hit-and-Run (Post)
    • After Woman on Skateboard Is Killed by Bus Driver, the Times Asks: Is Skateboarding Safe?
    • Lhota Says He Would Increase City Contribution to MTA (News)
    • Crain's: The 7 Line Extension Is Fueling a Far West Side Development Boom
    • Rockaway Beach Line Included in MTA 20-Year Capital Needs Assessment (News)
    • Jax Heights Resident: Auto-Oriented Willets Point Mall Will Be a Traffic-Generating Nightmare (Q Trib)
    • The Post Wants Pedicab Operators to Get Driver's Licenses
    • Sian Green Says Cabbie Who Maimed Her -- Now Back on the Job -- Was Aiming for Cyclist (News)

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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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