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By Noah Kazis

9:07 AM EDT on April 25, 2011

Get Ready for Inane Gas Price Populism From Both Parties (Politico)
Technology Hasn’t Ended Ticket-Fixing, Despite Bloomberg’s Claims (Post)
Family of Megan Charlop Suing City For Lack of Bike Lane on Crotona Ave (News)
Driver Hit and Killed Cyclist Joseph Granati in Gravesend Yesterday Afternoon, No Charges Filed (News)
Daily News: Spending Money to Improve PPW Bike Lane Is “Path to Crazytown”
SoHo Bike Lanes Full (Or Is That Empty?) of Traffic Violations (Post)
Woodhaven BID, Julissa Ferreras Voice Support for Bike-Friendly Business Campaign (News)
Eliminate Parking Placards For Judges, Says Daily News
Bike Lanes Disdained By Triathletes; Note to WSJ: We Don’t Design Streets For Drag Racers Either
RPA Wades Into Labor Fight With Report on Construction Union Givebacks (NYT)

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Noah Kazis

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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