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By
Brad Aaron
8:46 AM EDT on June 5, 2014
- Half of NYC Traffic Deaths This Year Are Pedestrians and Cyclists (WNYC)
- 76th Precinct Dispatches Crossing Guard to Street Where Driver Killed Nicholas Soto (DNA)
- Crain’s: De Blasio Considering Edison Properties VP Anthony Borelli for Key Zoning Post
- TLC to Standardize Cabbie Training, Increase Hours; Daily News: It’s David vs. Goliath!
- Council Looks to Bring Back Unionized School Bus Drivers; Post: It’s Children vs. Liberals!
- Van Bramer and Gianaris Join “Hundreds” in LIC to Demand Center Blvd Traffic-Calming (TL)
- NYPD Has Resources for Traffic Enforcement, Says Anonymous Police Source (News)
- Truck Driver Dies When Manhole Cover Crashes Through Windshield on Cross Bronx Expwy (News)
- TLC Wants 50 Percent of Boro Cabs to Be Wheelchair-Accessible (News)
- 2nd Ave Sagas: New York City Transit Is an Afterthought in Albany
- The New Yorker Counters John Cassidy and Bruce McCall With a Cheer for Vision Zero
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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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