Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
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)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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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