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9:01 AM EST on December 15, 2010

    • Goldsmith Looking to Privatize Municipal Garages (Post)
    • MTA Can't Plead Poverty to Escape Arbitrator-Ordered TWU Raises, Says Judge (News)
    • Community Board Nixes DOT Safety Fixes for Queens Center Mall (News)
    • Census Reveals Gentrification of Urban Core, Diversification of Suburbs (NYT)
    • Barry and Jen Benepe: City Council Hearing Made a Mockery of Cyclists (Benepe's Bike Blog)
    • Boroughs Again Have Nation's Longest Commutes (Post)
    • David Greenfield Wants to Cut Hydrant Space to Add Parking. Will Hikind Cry Foul? (Bklyn Paper)
    • The Journal Offers Some Decent Cycling Advice, Hidden Behind Waves of Stereotypes
    • Tish James Pushes MTA to Unlock Doors Between Subway Cars, In Case of Emergency (DNAinfo)
    • Union Square Station Design Traps Riders Between Train and Platform (News)

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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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