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 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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