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By Brad Aaron

8:56 AM EDT on August 18, 2014

Cyclist Hit by Livery Cab Driver Is Third Killed at E. 108th and Park in Two Years (Gothamist, DNA)
Steve Hindy: To Be Successful, Vision Zero Must Change Motorists’ Mindset (Crain’s)
De Blasio Adding Staff to DOT, NYPD (Post); Would Use City Funds for School Bus Driver Raises (Post)
Drunk Drivers Collide in Crown Heights; One Car Jumps Curb; Passenger Dead (News, AMNY)
Jose Peralta Asks NYPD for More Crossing Guards — Not More Enforcement — in Queens Precincts (TL)
Cab Riders United: Conventional Taxi Designs Unsafe for Riders, Punishing on Drivers (Gotham Gazette)
Motorists: Why Pay for Parking When the Muni-Meter Is Broken? (AMNY)
Fare-Beating Arrests Are Way Up, With Many Perpetrators Going to Jail (News)
Post: Settlement Cash a Perfect Fit for the New Tappan Zee, “Something Everyone Wants”
Andrew Cuomo and Chris Christie Are Two Miscreant Peas in a Pod (WNYC 1, 2)
Mets Reliever Vic Black Left His Truck in Florida (News)

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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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