Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:54 AM EST on February 26, 2010
- Prendergast Briefs City Council: Planned Service Cuts Worst in 35 Years (AMNY, WNYC)
- Walder Won’t Rule Out Fare Hike (NYT, SAS)
- Pricing Foe David Weprin, Crisis-Denier Toby Stavisky Decry Bus Cuts (Post)
- Rockaway Dem District Leader Vows Civil Disobedience Over Cross Bay Bridge Toll (Post)
- Ben Kabak Looks at Pros and Cons of One-Operator Trains
- Suspect in Phelan-Guerrero Hit-and-Run Holds Press Conference (News, NY1)
- Letitia James, BID Want DOT to Calm Deadly Flatbush Avenue (YourNabe)
- Snow Storm Puts Taxi-Sharing Program on Hold (NY1)
- Six-Month Roosevelt Island Tram Shutdown Set to Begin March 1 (Voice)
- New Police Chief Takes a Meeting With LA Cyclists (Streetsblog LA)
- Gavin Newsom Announces a Dozen New Public Plazas for This Year (Streetsblog SF)
- Amman, Jordan Fostering Citizenship One Sidewalk at a Time (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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