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9:08 AM EDT on October 18, 2010

    • Off-Duty Cop Points Gun at Cyclist Through Car Window After Nearly Hitting Him (News, Post)
    • Final Two Designs for Tappan Zee Have Rail, Bus, Bike/Ped Lanes, But Still No Funding In Sight (LoHud)
    • Lew Fidler Caught Red-Handed Abusing Parking Placard (Post)
    • Poll: 22 Percent of New Yorkers Would Solve Budget Crisis By Cutting Transportation (NYT)
    • Bklyn Paper Isn't Buying Millman's Line That Sanctioned Bike Lane Blocking Is a "Compromise"
    • Fire Trucks in Hundreds of Crashes Each Year, Prompting FDNY Action (Post)
    • Bloomberg's Waterfront Plans Shift From Housing To Greenways, Ferries, and Industry (WSJ)
    • Why Does Infrastructure Always Go Over Budget? (WSJ)
    • Pelham Parkway Trees Safe For a Little Longer (News)
    • Are SBS's Flashing Blue Lights Illegal? (News)
    • "Build A Better Burb" Exhibit Showcases New Visions For Long Island (NYT)

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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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