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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

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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