Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:55 AM EST on November 19, 2013
- Update From WNYC: Council Could Set Speed Limit at 20 MPH in Practically All of Manhattan
- More Coverage of B44 Select Bus Rollout, From Decent to Lame: Post, NY1, PIX, CBS
- Almost 200 Dirt Bikers Charged With Reckless Endangerment and Reckless Driving This Year (NYT)
- Straphangers Holding On to MetroCards With Balances Since $1 Surcharge Took Effect (Post)
- MTA Testing Subway Cars With New Signaling System on the 7 Line (WSJ)
- South Street Seaport Plan Includes Marina, Hotel and Apartment Tower (NYT)
- Purported Council Speaker Kingmakers: Progressives and Unions (Crain’s), Ignizio and Ulrich (Advance)
- Former 94th Precinct CO Terence Hurson to Head New Staten Island NYPD Post (DNA)
- Cops Ticketing Cyclists in 84th Precinct, Where Motorists Are All But Left Alone (@BrooklynSpoke)
- It’s Time for Smart Ignition Systems as Standard Equipment on All Motor Vehicles (Advance)
- If Tish James and David Greenfield Have a Say, You Haven’t Seen the Last of Marty Markowitz (News)
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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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