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By Brad Aaron

9:14 AM EST on February 11, 2010

Bloomberg Expected to Announce Permanent Opening of Broadway Today (News)
Manhattan Institute’s Gelinas, McMahon: No Heroes in MTA Crisis That Threatens Entire State (Post)
While Monserrate Considered Monserrate the Victim, Fellow Senators, Too, Saw Themselves (NYT)
Words Fail: As Abuser Friend Is Booted, Kevin Parker and Co. Gang Up on Diane Savino (News)
Honest-to-Goodness Community Organizer Mulls Run Against Pedro Espada (BxNN)
How Much for the Ear of a New York Politician? Check It Out (NYT)
Downtown Brooklyn in Midst of Population Surge (Post)
Traffic-Fearing Brooklynites Want City, Markowitz to Leave Asser Levy Park Alone (NYT)
More Susan Jhun: Space-Hogging Car Wash Endangers, Enrages East Harlem Neighbors (NY1)
“Stray Voltage” Shocks Five Herald Square Pedestrians (Post, NY1)
WNYC Looks Under Grand Central Terminal for Progress on LIRR Hub
China HSR Network So Good It’s Hurting Country’s Airlines (Infrastructurist)
Andres Duany Talks to Popular Mechanics About His Smart Growth Manual
Calling Exceptional Urbanists: 2010 Jane Jacobs Award Now Up for Grabs (BizWeek)

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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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