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Brad Aaron
8:56 AM EDT on May 19, 2016
- F Express Not a Done Deal, Says MTA (Crain’s, Second Ave Sagas)
- Dwyer: Delaying Gateway for Environmental Review Would Be Risky and Counterproductive (NYT)
- City to Shell Out Millions to Truck Drivers Who Were Ticketed for Parking Illegally (Post)
- Ben Fried and Dana Lerner Talk Vision Zero With Errol Louis (NY1)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Injures Pedestrian in Port Richmond (Advance)
- Think Speed Might Have Been a Factor in This Motorcyclist Fatality? (Advance)
- WABC Anchor Liz Cho Stopped for Distracted Driving, Arrested for Unlicensed Driving (News)
- Bill Bratton’s Can’t-Do Attitude Toward Traffic Violence Does Not Apply to Gun Violence (DNA)
- Bike Snob on Speed Cams: You Can Judge a City by Its School Zones, and NYC Is Failing (Reclaim)
- People You Share the Streets With (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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