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8:54 AM EDT on August 4, 2014

    • City Announces Slate of Arterial Slow Zones to Be Implemented by Year's End (Post)
    • Broadway and Southern Blvd. 25 MPH Zones in Effect (DNA, WCBS); WNYC Phones It In
    • Portion of Delancey Street Named After Dashane Santana (Gothamist, BB, News)
    • More Coverage of DOT's West End Avenue Plans From DNA
    • TLC Enforcement Agents Say Illegal Cab Drivers Use Cars as Weapons (Post)
    • MTA Bridge and Tunnel Cops to Get Retroactive Raises (Post)
    • Tony Avella: City Can't Lawfully Seize Parkland for Willets Point Mall (News)
    • Two Dead in 100+ MPH Crash on Long Island Expressway in Queens (Post)
    • BPs Eric Adams, Gale Brewer, and Melinda Katz Employ Six Drivers Between Them (CapNY)
    • NYPD Defends Its FOIL Record to CapNY

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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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