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By Brad Aaron

9:11 AM EST on March 3, 2011

Ped Plaza Dropped From 34th Street Transitway; Other Elements in Doubt (Post, News, WSJ, SAS)
Times Credits Nonsensical Post Rants for Thwarting “Unorthodox” Sadik-Khan
This Prescient Dispatch From Cap’n Transit Finds Input Process Designed for Failure
City Planners Move Ahead With 130-Block Rezoning in Sunnyside, Woodside (News, Observer)
News: Target-Anchored Mall in the Works for East Bronx
Investors Plan Retail/Hotel/Residential Development at American Stock Exchange Site (NY1)
DWI Killer Gets 3.5 to 10 Years for 2010 Death of Long Island City Deliveryman (NY1)
Teen Hurt in Hit-and-Run on Great Kills Street Without Sidewalks; Advance Mostly Blames DOE
Placard Reform Yet to Catch On at Office of Court Administration (News)
Upstate Republicans More Enlightened on Cycling Than Michael DenDekker (CapCon)

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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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