Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
9:13 AM EST on January 25, 2010
- MTA Stresses Efficiency of Revised Austerity Plan; Advos Still See Pain (AMNY, SAS, MTR)
- Port Authority May Make More Room for Buses in Lincoln Tunnel (WNYC)
- Safer Biking and Walking on Prospect Park West? Markowitz Sez ‘Fuhgeddaboudit’ (Bklyn Paper)
- Only Marty Markowitz Knows How He Got, or Believes He Should Have, Lights and Sirens (Post)
- Ray Kelly Joins Electeds in Call for Tougher Distracted Driving Penalties (Post)
- Apple and Yahoo Wade Into Parking App Market (Baltimore Sun, Ubergizmo)
- The Times Surveys the No Man’s Land That Is Hempstead Turnpike
- Bayside Residents Tie Uptick in Traffic to Queensborough Community College (YourNabe)
- City Issued Four — That’s Right, Four — Faulty Car Alarm Citations in 2009 (Post)
- Is It Harder to Beat a Transit Ticket Than a Moving Violation? (News)
- Hey NYPD: Think You Can Catch This Guy Before He Kills Someone? (News)
- Shame-Free Hiram Monserrate Compares Himself to Slain Civil Rights Heroes (News, NY1)
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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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