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By Brad Aaron

9:15 AM EST on February 3, 2011

Walmart Courts Construction Unions, Won’t Show for Today’s Council Hearing (News, Crain’s, Post)
Diane Savino Mocks MTA for Exploring Subway Platform Safety “Nonsense” (Transpo Nation, Advance)
TSTC Analyzes Cuomo Budget Impact on City, State Transportation (MTR)
Imagine: Top D.C. Cop Says Photo Enforcement Should Change the Way Drivers Think (TBD)
Restaurateur Hopes Columbia St. Greenway Will Reconnect Business Severed by Car Traffic (Post)
Myrtle Ave. Ped Plaza Plan Evolves (B’stoner); Kurt Andersen Pitches Carroll Court Piazza (Bklyn Paper)
Daily News Fails to Explain How Mentally Ill Man Managed to Drive Away With Garbage Truck
Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, ADA Pioneer, Says City Cabs Should Accommodate Wheelchairs (News, NY1)
Next-Gen Bike-Share Tech Aimed at Meeting Real-Time Demand (Autopia)
Bicycle Habitat’s Charles McCorkell to Critics of Safer Streets: It’s Not About You

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Brad Aaron

Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

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