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By Brad Aaron

9:09 AM EDT on April 23, 2010

Times Gets Around to 34th Street Transitway, Spares Readers Obligatory Driver Rants
Veteran Street Vendor Sympathetic to Proposed Parks Crackdown (NYT)
Cuomo Subpoenas Senate Records; Espada Calls Him a Liar; Fed Charges Likely (NY1 1, 2, Post)
New Cutter Head Lowered Into Second Ave Subway Tunnel (2nd Ave Sagas)
TSTC Reports Tracks Progress of Nationwide Transportation Reform (MTR)
NYPD to Expand “Green” Fleet; Human-Powered Vehicles Not Included (City Room)
Three Lawns Open at Brooklyn Bridge Park (Bklyn Paper, NY1)
Queens Center Mall Accused of Diverting Drivers Into Garage, Whether Shopping or Not (News)
Oil Rig Explodes, Sinks in Gulf of Mexico; 11 Workers Missing; Extent of Spill Unknown (NYT)
Volcanic Interruption Prompts Momentary Rethinking of Dependence on Airliners (Room for Debate)

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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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