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9:03 AM EDT on May 2, 2011

    • DOT Report: Driving Flat in 2010, Transit Falls Slightly, Cycling Up 13 Percent (Transpo Nation)
    • More From DOT: Street Designs Haven't Snarled Traffic, Most Take Transit or Walk to Retail Centers (WSJ)
    • Fixing Isn't Just for Parking Tickets: Cops Voided DWI For Bronx Assistant DA (News, Post)
    • Bloomberg Walks Back Criticism of NYPD's Special Treatment For P Diddy (CBS)
    • If Post Readers Want Truth on Cycling, They Should Turn to Letters to the Editor (Post)
    • TLC Cracks Down On Illegal Street Hails to Prep Deregulation (Crain's)
    • Bloomberg Backs City Council's Proposed Alt Side Parking Rules Change (News)
    • NJ Loses Appeal, Owes Feds Full $271M For ARC Tunnel (MTR)
    • Should Purported Fiscal Hawk Chris Christie Keep on Throwing Money at Xanadu Mall Boondoggle? (NYT)
    • City Schools Begin to Add Cycling to Gym Class (City Room)
    • Cyclists Feel Extra Need For Annual Blessing of the Bikes This Year (DNAinfo)

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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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