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By Brad Aaron

9:16 AM EST on February 8, 2010

Sounds Familiar: CompStat Critique Says Not All Crimes Make the Cut (NYT 1, 2)
Rumor Mill at Full Tilt Over Supposed Paterson “Bombshell” (TBI via Gothamist)
Bloomberg Says MTA Retirees Should Also Lose MetroCard Privileges (SAS)
Post: Capital Construction Staffing Up as Megaproject Budgets Balloon
Cue Cuozzo: Everyone Hates the New Times Square, Even If No One Will Say So
Sadik-Khan Details the Meters-to-Bike Racks Rollout (Post)
Marty Markowitz, Foe of Real-Life Plan for Safer PPW, Dreams of a Tamed Fourth Ave (Bklyn Paper)
Plans for Myrtle Avenue Pedestrian Plaza on Display Through Saturday (Bklyn Eagle)
State to Drop Hundreds of Millions to “Ease Congestion” at Kew Gardens Interchange (News)
Tale of DC Blogger Hit by G-Man Less About Street Safety Than Partisan Sniping (via GGW)

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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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