Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
9:05 AM EDT on May 4, 2010
- SUV Owner Arrested in Attempted Times Square Bombing (NYT)
- Keeping Explosive-Laden Vehicles From Targets a Seemingly Impossible Task (Room for Debate)
- Adolfo Carrion Takes a Demotion to Get Closer to NY Politics (News, MOP)
- MTA Laying Off or Reassigning 450 Station Agents (News)
- Let’s See How Albany Bungles the Three-Foot Passing Bill (LoHud)
- Ed Glaeser Critiques Jane Jacobs’ Search for the “Proper” Urban Density (Economix)
- Baltimore Pundit Says Car-Free New Yorkers Need Wal-Mart (News)
- Downtown BID Proposes Reclamation of Water Street (Post)
- DOT Adds to Cobble Hill Sidewalks (B’stoner); Mixed Results for Flatbush and Church Revamp (YN)
- Manhattan Cyclist Takes Pleasure in Stopping for Red Lights (NYT)
- Can Oprah Get Drivers to Put Down Their Phones? (USA Today)
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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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