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  • 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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