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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&#8217;s dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

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New York’s Top Court Exhibits Depraved Indifference to Pedestrians’ Lives

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NYPD Lied About 2009 Chase That Killed Brooklyn Pedestrian Violetta Krzyzak

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Cyclist Says She Was Nearly Hit, Then Harassed, by NYPD in Upper Manhattan

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DA: Cop Who Killed Bronx Pedestrian Had History of Drinking and Driving

Angie is a Cleveland-based writer with a background in planning and newspaper reporting. She has been writing about cities for Streetsblog for six years.

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Greater Atlanta Continues to Treat Walking Like a Crime

Noah joined Streetsblog as a New York City reporter at the start of 2010. When he was a kid, he collected subway paraphernalia in a Vignelli-map shoebox.
Before coming to Streetsblog, he blogged at TheCityFix DC and worked as a field organizer for the Obama campaign in Toledo, Ohio. Noah graduated from Yale University, where he wrote his senior thesis on the class politics of transportation reform in New York City. He lives in Morningside Heights.

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New York’s Top Court Exhibits Depraved Indifference to Pedestrians’ Lives

NYPD Lied About 2009 Chase That Killed Brooklyn Pedestrian Violetta Krzyzak

Cyclist Says She Was Nearly Hit, Then Harassed, by NYPD in Upper Manhattan

DA: Cop Who Killed Bronx Pedestrian Had History of Drinking and Driving

Greater Atlanta Continues to Treat Walking Like a Crime

Cyclist Gets Retaliatory Ticket For Telling Cop to Stop Blocking Bike Lane

Park Slope Cop Brings About Sidewalk Cycling, Then Tickets It

NYPD Sends Law-Abiding Vietnam Vet Cyclist to the Tombs

A Long Explanation of Why the Biking-While-Sexy Story Is No Hoax

Saudi Arabia on the Hudson: NYPD Officer Stopped Cyclist For Wearing Skirt