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9:10 AM EDT on March 24, 2011

    • Parks Dept. Revokes Betsy Gotbaum's 15 MPH Cyclist Speed Limit in Central Park (NYT)
    • Gale Brewer Talks to WNYC About Her Car-Free Parks Proposal, Wants Summer Pilot
    • Ydanis Rodriguez, Brad Lander Announce Flashing Yellows Bill (News, NY1)
    • Study Says City Bike Commuting Rose .3 Percentage Points Between 1990 and 2009 (CBS2)
    • There Will Be No Tolling of the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, Says Ed Koch (News, WSJ, Post)
    • From New York to Nebraska, Cities Feel the Pain of State Budget Shortfalls (NYT)
    • Parking Pays Off in Districts That Correlate Cost With Value (ITDP)
    • Upper Manhattan Braces for Motorcycle Season (Manhattan Times)
    • When Fighting Parking Tickets Online, Who Will Drivers Yell and Wag Fingers At? (NYT)
    • Marty Markowitz Still Classing Up the Joint (Bklyn Paper)

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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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