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By Brad Aaron

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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