Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:38 AM EDT on September 15, 2016
- Ahead of Tonight’s TA Ride (DNA), Matthew von Ohlen Family Urges de Blasio to Fund Street Fixes (News)
- Motorist Kills 63-Year-Old Man Walking in Harlem; NYPD, DNA Blame Victim
- Borough Park Driver Hit Child Hard Enough to Shatter Bike Helmet; NYPD: “Accident” (Post, News)
- Shocker: DOT Vision Zero Curriculum Prompts the Post to Blame Children for Traffic Crashes
- Advocates, Lower East Siders Have Lobbied for Delancey Street Bikeway for Years (DNA, Gothamist)
- DOT Calls for All-Door Boarding “Across the Bus System” (Crain’s)
- Chaos Ensues When Unhinged Off-Duty Cop Assaults Subway Conductor, Stalling J Trains (NYT, News)
- You Can’t Access the Internet From Sidewalk Wi-Fi Kiosks Anymore, Because Porn (NYT)
- Cabs Were Harder to Come by During Eid al-Adha, and the Times Is On It
- Obvious Solution to Citi Bikes Begriming Prospect Park Sculpture: Site Dock in Place of Parked Cars (NYT)
- … Because You Can’t Appease Crazy (@psneighbors)
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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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