Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
9:04 AM EDT on May 12, 2011
- Census Shows Manhattan Is a Magnet for the Young (NYT)
- Talking Heads at Fox 5 Praise DOT, Debate Efficacy of the Word “Jerk”
- Fast Company Chimes In With Snark-Free Bike-Share Advice
- Gotham Gazette: PlaNYC Would Benefit From Bottom-Up Involvement
- Detective’s Son Injures Pedestrian, Flees Scene, Is Not Arrested (News)
- Fort Greene Motorists Fear BK Flea Will Force Them to Pay for a Few Hours of Parking (Gothamist)
- City Exploring GPS System for Private Vehicles (News)
- How Do You Make a Car Horn Less Offensive? Turns Out Nobody Knows (NYT)
- After the Christie ARC Debacle, Feds Leery of Investing in Jersey Rail (2nd Ave Sagas)
- You Know the Bar Is Low When the Advance Is a Relative Voice of Reason on Gas Prices
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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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