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By Brad Aaron

8:57 AM EDT on July 14, 2014

With Offer on the Table (News), MTA Releases LIRR Strike Contingency Plan (Gothamist, WNYC)
Judge Blocks NYC Lyft Launch, Pending Decision on Suit Filed by City (Post)
Witnesses Say Driver Who Hit 8-Year-Old in Norwood Was Texting; NYPD: No Criminality (News)
Digitized Complaint System Allows TLC to Pursue More Cabbie Violations (I Quant NY, Post)
Upper East Siders Propose Rooftop Park for Waste Transfer Station (News)
Attorney for Accused DWI Killer Preps “Too Drunk to Know What He Was Doing” Defense (News)
Brooklyn Hit-and-Run That Killed Mother and Daughter Unsolved After 20 Years (News)
Ginia Bellafante Wonders Why There’s No Ferry for Hamptons Getaways. Oh and Commuters (NYT)
What Happens When a Citi Bike Member Behaves Like Millions of NYC Motorists (Gothamist)
Times Square Is Too Seedy for the New York Post
“And What Is It That Makes Brooklyn the ‘Epicenter of Cool,’ Mr. Markowitz?” (Gothamist)

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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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