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By
Brad Aaron
8:59 AM EDT on August 15, 2014
- Tom Vanderbilt: Street Design Cues Slow Down Drivers, and NYC Needs More (NYT)
- Classy: Chris Christie Trolls NJ Transit Rider Sitting on Delayed Train (WNYC)
- It’s Not a Casino, But @NYGovCuomo Still Psyched About the New Suburban Mall in Baychester
- The Post Profiles Irving Schachter
- WNYC Kind of Acknowledges That Drivers Block Bike Lanes, But Doesn’t Report On It
- “Vicious Cycle” Redux: Bike Ticket Blitz Rouses the Post to Comment on Street Safety (@BrooklynSpoke)
- Sticking Up for Ticketed Drivers Is the Tabloids’ Idea of Traffic Justice (News)
- Hoylman Wants Bus Crash Records Made Public (DNA)
- Disconnected Bike-Ped Trail Gets Inwoodites Closer to the Hudson, But Not Downtown (NYT)
- A Brooklyn Landlord Is Giving Fixies to Tenants (DNA)
- Pedestrians Aren’t Safe From This Narcissist, Even When Parked (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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