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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
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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