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By Brad Aaron

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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