Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:58 AM EDT on August 11, 2014
- Cuomo Signs City Speed Limit Bill (CBS, News, Gothamist)
- Cy Vance’s Embarrassing @BicycleLobby Subpoena Is National News (NYT, Politico, Gizmodo)
- Hard to Say If the Post Still Doesn’t Get It or Is Being Daft, But They Got to Use “Backpedal”
- Driver Charged With Manslaughter for Hit-and-Run Death of Midtown Pedestrian (News)
- NYPD Blows Off Pedestrian Strike, But at Least the Victim Got a Nice Card (NYT)
- Sightseeing Buses Aren’t Required to Report Crashes to City (AP)
- MTA Testing Devices to Reduce Subway Track Deaths (News)
- Drivers Overcharged at Yankee Stadium Garages, Restraining Selves From Physical Violence (Post)
- Big-Time NASCAR Driver Runs Over and Kills Competitor in Confrontation on Upstate Track (NYT, AP)
- The Times Checks Out the Summer Streets Undersea Audio Installation
- Is Bike-Share a Stain on Bloomberg’s Legacy? Ginia Bellafante Thinks So (NYT)
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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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