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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
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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