Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
9:27 AM EST on December 16, 2009
- On Eve of Momentous MTA Vote, Student Fare Fight Exposes Funding Inequity (WNYC, NYT, News)
- Bloomberg: Sooner or Later, Albany Will Revisit Road Pricing (Observer, News, NY1, SAS)
- On Transport Tackles the Laundry List of MTA Myths
- Car and Truck Traffic Poisoning Lungs of New Yorkers Rich and Poor (News)
- Advos Ponder Next Step on Bedford Ave, Weak Screed From Tunku Varadarajan (Voice, Daily Beast)
- TA: Spot Where Cyclist Solange Raulston Died Most Dangerous Intersection in North Bklyn (Gothamist)
- News Covers Tuesday’s Brooklyn Pedestrian Fatality; Victim Still Unidentified
- Unreal: Crash Your Truck While Driving Drunk? Itemize It! (WSJ)
- App Taps Data for Meter-Beating Drivers; What About Fare-Paying Transit Riders? (Gothamist)
- If Motorists Can’t Tell Time, How the Hell Will They Figure This Out? (Telegraph)
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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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