Today’s Headlines

9:06 AM EDT on October 5, 2010

NJ Legislature Strikes Deal on Road Funding As ARC Remains in Jeopardy (Transpo Nation 1, 2)
Michael Daly to NYPD: Where Are The Quotas For Stopping Deadly Speeding? (News)
Clyde Haberman to MTA: Fare Hikes Aren't Your Fault, But Start Sweating the Small Stuff (NYT)
Behind Every Planning Decision, You Always Find NYC EDC, Says Tom Angotti (Gotham Gazette)
Bloomberg Responds Cautiously On Parking Meter Lease (Post)
Chelsea Subway Stations to Get Cell Service Next Year, AT&T and T-Mobile on Board (News)
Jay Walder Loves Real-Time Info -- Next Up Are Digital Screens Across City (Post)
Second Avenue Merchants Blame Subway Construction for Economic Woes (NYT)
After Brutal Assault, Union Wants More Protection for Traffic Enforcement Agents (Labor Press)
NYC Inspires D.C. to Look at Ped Plazas, Bike Infrastructure, BRT (TheCityFix, GGW)
In Real Life, Pete Campbell Rides the Bus and Isn't So Uptight (NYT)

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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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