Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:57 AM EDT on September 5, 2014
- No Intro 238 Charge for Unlicensed Driver With NC Plates Who Ran Over Senior on UES (Post, News)
- Related: NYPD Arrests Woman for Standing on Times Square Sidewalk (DNA)
- Bill de Blasio Continues Tradition of Driving Dante, Now 17, to School (NYT)
- DOT Brain Drain: Tom Maguire, Leader of SBS Program, Headed to SF (Streetsblog SF)
- Tri-State: Woodhaven Boulevard Ideal for NYC to Implement “Full-Fledged BRT”
- DOT Soliciting Input for Bike Routes in Bushwick
- Upper West Siders Scrounging for Free Parking Don’t Get Why Other People Have to Drive in NYC (DNA)
- Commuter Sues Citi Bike Over Crash, Post Runs With “Unsafe at Any Speed” Angle
- Gothamist Films Hellish Intersections for Nine Hours, Says Four Drivers Broke the Law
- The Post Editorial Board Has Had It With One Particular Reckless Driver
- Ex-NFL Star Donté Stallworth, Who Got Wrist Slap for DWI Killing, Now a HuffPo Reporter (NY Mag)
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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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