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Today’s Headlines

9:15 AM EDT on September 16, 2010

    • Andrea Bernstein: "The ARC Project Is in Deep, Deep Trouble."
    • MTR Zeroes in on Chris Christie's Transit Tunnel Hypocrisy
    • Van Hits Ambulance, Flips Onto Sidewalk, Kills 75-Year-Old Queens Man (News, Post)
    • Carolyn McCarthy Bill Would Cut Fed Funding to States Soft on Distracted Driving (Transpo Nation)
    • Freakonomics: Cash For Clunkers a Waste
    • Walder: MTA Fare Hike Structured to Protect Low-Income Riders (Post)
    • Bronx Lobbying Overturns Some MTA Bus Changes (Bronx Times)
    • Carl Paladino Unwittingly Makes the Case for Congestion Pricing (NYT)
    • Will Schneiderman's Transit Advocate Past Be AG Selling Point? (NYT)
    • School Buses Late or Missing for Special Ed Students (News)
    • Plumb Beach Bike Path So Bad Cyclists Take to Riding on Belt Parkway (YourNabe)

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Noah Kazis
Noah joined Streetsblog as a New York City reporter at the start of 2010. When he was a kid, he collected subway paraphernalia in a Vignelli-map shoebox. Before coming to Streetsblog, he blogged at TheCityFix DC and worked as a field organizer for the Obama campaign in Toledo, Ohio. Noah graduated from Yale University, where he wrote his senior thesis on the class politics of transportation reform in New York City. He lives in Morningside Heights.

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