Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
9:11 AM EDT on May 7, 2010
- MTA Layoffs Will Take Subway Riders Back to the Future (NYT, AMNY)
- Bloomberg Unveils Bleak Budget, Rips Albany for City’s Dire Straits (NYT 1, 2, News, GG)
- Remorseless Joe Bruno Sentenced to Two Years, Still Plans to Avoid Jail (NYT 1, 2, News)
- City Room Picks Up Revised Komanoff Bike Count
- Brooklyn Paper Aligns With Marty Markowitz on Prospect Park West Bike Lane
- Public Forum on High Bridge Restoration Coming to the Bronx Next Week (News)
- Fox 5 Assures Drivers It’s Now Legal to Block Unmarked Pedestrian Curb Cuts
- Opponents of Willets Point Redevelopment Seize on Traffic Impact
- Developers Move Forward With Staten Island Homeport Project (NY1)
- Peter Vallone, Congestion Pricing Foe, Slams MTA for Lack of Station Cameras (Post)
- “Sustainable” Transport Should Be Defined by Policy-Makers, Not Car-Makers (Grist)
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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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