Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
9:11 AM EDT on April 6, 2010
- LaHood on Better National Bike/Walk Policy: “This Is What Americans Want” (Green Inc)
- Subsidy-Driven, Resource-Gobbling… What’s So Different About Electric Cars, Again? (GG)
- Paul Browne Links Times Square Mayhem to Routinely Violent Auto Show Crowds (NYT)
- Felix Salmon: Road Pricing the “Blindingly Obvious Solution” to Cross Bronx Expressway Hell
- Gas and Oil Prices Trending Up; Drill, Baby, Drill? (AP, NYT)
- New 96th St. Subway Station Features Wider Stairs, Skinnier Sidewalks (City Room, SAS)
- News Questions Enforcement of Fare-Beating on Bx12 Select
- “New York” Post on City’s Pedestrian Plaza Expansion: It’s All About the Drivers
- Prospect Park Administrator Tupper Thomas Stepping Down After 30 Years (NYT)
- Latest Assault Case Against Hothead Sen. Kevin Parker Headed for Trial (NY1)
- Memorial Ride, Ghost Bike Installation for Megan Charlop Scheduled for Saturday (BNN)
- Mets Catcher Dave Racaniello Biked to Spring Training — From Newark (BikeHacks)
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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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