Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:46 AM EDT on July 13, 2016
- NYPD Says Man Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver in the Bronx Was “Lying in the Street” (Post)
- Motorist Tries to Run You Over in a Protected Bike Lane? Don’t Bother Telling NYPD (Gothamist)
- Tri-State Analyzes Where Transit Ridership Is Growing in the Region, and Where It Isn’t (MTR)
- City Council Wavers on Bills to Hold NYPD Accountable for Excessive Use of Force (Gothamist, Post)
- Bratton: BLM Has No Business Protesting in the Street; De Blasio: Let’s Hire More Cops (AMNY)
- TLC to Require Driver Sensitivity Training, But There’s Still No NYC Road Test (AMNY)
- Driver Who Hit Cop Gets Community Service (Post); Motorists Collide, Flip Outside Preschool (Advance)
- DOT Looking at Greenway Conflicts Where Driver Killed Cyclist Olga Evgleska Cook in June (Trib)
- Will the NYT’s Expanded Transportation Beat Include Traffic Violence? (@emmagf)
- Uptowners Slam Inclusionary Housing Project, Which Includes Parking Garage (Politico, DNA)
- Newark Wants the Port Authority to Clean Up Truck Pollution, Pay Its Rent (Voice)
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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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