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  • 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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