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8:59 AM EDT on June 27, 2011

    • Bloomberg Taxi Plan, Including MTA Surcharge, Passes Senate (NYT, Crain's)
    • Where You See a Safer Street, the New York Times Sees a "Blunt Tool" (NYT 1, 2)
    • Driver With Suspended License Hits and Kills Mother of Four in Queens (Post)
    • NYPD Issues More Tickets for Tinted Windows Than Speeding (Transpo Nation)
    • Post: MTA Spends Too Many Bridge Tolls on Transit, Not Enough on Road Repairs
    • From Seattle to the Sheridan, Freeway Fights Are Back (ArchPaper)
    • Video Becomes Key Tool for Understanding New York City Street Behavior (NYT)
    • Garbage Truck Breakdowns Mean Trash Left on Subway Platforms (News)
    • Burden Brought Focus on Urban Design Details to DCP, Along With Major Rezonings (WSJ)
    • Europe's Anti-Driving Planning Employs Parking, Pedestrianization, and Light Timing (NYT)

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Noah Kazis
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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