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8:46 AM EDT on August 2, 2018

    • DSNY Worker Critically Injures Bushwick Cyclist, Leaves Scene; NYPD Defends Driver (News, Post)
    • Dana Lerner Responds to John Flanagan's Disgusting Speed Camera Rhetoric (News)
    • Subway Ridership Continues Decline (NYT)
    • Kabak: Road Pricing Is a Progressive Answer to NYC's "State-Imposed Transit Crisis" (Curbed)
    • Uber, Lyft Try Buying/Propagandizing Their Way Out of Regulation, Fail (Politico, Crain's, News, NYT)
    • Oh No, the Zillionth MTA Rescue Panel Has Yet to Meet (Politico)
    • There Have Been Two LIRR Derailments in the Past Two Weeks (News, Post)
    • New Bronx and East Side Ferry Routes to Launch This Month (AMNY, Metro)
    • Ben Fried Briefs WGN on the Urban App-Hail Glut
    • NYC EDC Making a Mess of Its West Thames Street Pedestrian Bridge Project (Crain's)
    • Century Waste, Which Has a History of Flouting Safety Rules, Kills Motorist in Brooklyn (BK Paper, Post)

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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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