Today’s Headlines
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By
Noah Kazis
9:10 AM EST on January 12, 2011
- Snow Hampers Train Service; City Tells Drivers Not to Leave Cars in Traffic Lanes (NYT)
- Walder Urges New Yorkers to Stay Home, Avoid Transit (City Room)
- Tri-State Lays Out the 2011 Legislative Agenda for Albany (MTR)
- Mayor Koch and New York Times Begrudge Taxi Drivers Their Afternoon Shift Change
- Upper Manhattan Precinct Joins Cycling Crackdown (Manhattan Times)
- Doctor Drives BMW Onto Sidewalk and Injures Two at Bus Stop; No Summons Issued (Post)
- Courier-Life Blasts Church Ave. Delivery Plan for Favoring Deliveries Over Parkers
- Tweaks Still Needed on East Side SBS, But Faster Speeds a Sure Thing (2nd Ave Sagas)
- NJ Dems Want Highway Toll Hikes Repealed If ARC Won’t Be Built (CBS)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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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