Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
9:12 AM EST on January 29, 2010
- Suburban Reps Want to Trade Transit-Funding Payroll Tax for One-Time Stim Allocation (MTR)
- San Francisco Crisis May Bring 10 Percent Cut in Muni Service — for Starters (Streetsblog SF)
- Meanwhile, It’s Full Steam Ahead for Headline-Grabbing High Speed Rail (WSJ)
- Insert Cartoon Joke Here: Albany Line Loses Out to Disney Express; CT Nets $40M (WNYC, MTR)
- Bloomberg Budget Includes Truck Parking Hike, Job Cuts for NYPD, DOH (NYT, Post, City Room)
- Officer’s Fear for Job, Life Leaves Doctors Free to Park With Impunity (Ink Lake)
- Governors Island, Brooklyn Bridge Park Projects Stalled by City-State Stalemate (Post)
- Staten Islanders, Sen. Diane Savino Balk at Express Route Cuts (NY1)
- Widow of 5 Train Victim Wants to Know What Happened (City Room)
- Dear Sec. LaHood: Wouldn’t a National Traffic Hotline Lead to More Distracted Driving? (Directions)
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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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