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By
Brad Aaron
8:59 AM EDT on May 20, 2016
- Amy Cohen: Speed Cameras Essential to Stemming NYC’s Traffic Violence Epidemic (Slant)
- More Coverage of Citi Bike Expansion: AMNY, Politico, News, NY1
- Who’s Responsible for Keeping Combustibles Away From Elevated Train Tracks? (WSJ, DNA)
- Red Hook Residents Get a Look at Streetcar Plans (DNA, Bklyn Paper, NY1)
- This Young Post Reporter Was Not Impressed by the Bus of the Future
- Kensington Safety Upgrades Prompted by Death of Mohammad Uddin Complete (Bklyn Paper, Gothamist)
- DNA and Gothamist Have More Ridiculous Quotes From Upper East Side Anti-Bike NIMBYs
- Sounds Like Ditmars Boulevard Needs More Sidewalk Space (DNA)
- Driver Who Killed Occupant of Another Car in NE Thruway Crash: I’m the Victim (News)
- Rest in Peace, Michael Ameri (Post, 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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