Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

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By Brad Aaron

8:57 AM EST on January 28, 2010

Obama Address Ignores State of the Union’s Cities; Major HSR Reveal Expected Today (DMI, NRDC)
More Coverage of Inter-Agency Street Safety Pledge: News, City Room, Advance
Improvements for Cyclists and Peds on Prospect Park West? DOT Isn’t Talking (News)
New TLC Ban on Distracted Driving Takes Effect Tomorrow (Post)
Changing Course, Bloomberg Says Terror Trial Too Disruptive for Lower Manhattan (NYT, Post)
Eminent Domain Fight Threatens Hudson Train Tunnel Timeline (NYT)
Gothamist Weighs the Relative Merits of MTA Shuttle Buses
Renovation Will Bring Tennis, If Not TV, Back to Grand Central Terminal (AMNY)
Man Killed by 5 Train at Atlantic Avenue (City Room)
Unpainted Speed Bumps Cause a Stir in Astoria (News)
Gov’t Scholar, Former Indy Mayor: Chicago Parking Privatization Got a Bum Rap (Governing)
Bailout-Declining Ford Reaps First Yearly Profit Since 2005 (NYT)

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Brad Aaron

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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