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8:48 AM EDT on August 4, 2016

    • Riders Alliance Calls on de Blasio to Fund Discounted MetroCards (News, AMNY)
    • Bay Ridge Motorists' Insatiable Appetite for Free Parking Sparks Salamanca-Gentile Bill (Eagle)
    • More on DOT’s Left Turn Safety Initiative (Voice, WNYC, AMNY, NY1, DNA)
    • Hit-and-Run Driver Who Injured Woman on Lower Manhattan Sidewalk Going to Jail (Post)
    • Mother of Child Killed by Speeding Driver Outside Harlem School Sues City and Uber (News, Post)
    • Cyclist Strikes, Injures Pedestrian on Seventh Avenue in Midtown (DNA)
    • High-Speed Collision in Williamsburg Injures Two NYPD Officers and Second Motorist (DNA)
    • Steve Matteo Wants to "Balance Safety With Traffic Flow" on Crash-Prone SI Street (Advance)
    • Buried Lede: New York State Subsidizes Driver Education for Disabled People (News)
    • New York Times Enthralled by Highway Bridge

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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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