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9:17 AM EDT on May 20, 2011

    • Congestion Pricing With Added Equity Measures Seen as More Feasible Than Higher Gas Tax (Crain's)
    • TLC Commuter Vans Total Failure, Only Two People Rode B23 Replacement (Transpo Nation)
    • Walking, Biking or Taking Transit Could Save Your Life, Says Health Department (Transpo Nation)
    • Senators Fuschillo and Dilan Reintroduce Complete Streets Legislation, With Key Amendment (MTR)
    • Regulations, Including Apartment Size and Parking Minimums, Limit NYC Housing (News)
    • Tix Fix Cops Crossed County Lines To Cover Up DWI Crash (News)
    • Comprehensive Look at Yankee Stadium Parking Debacle Sums Up the Madness (Transpo Nation)
    • Fort Greene Leads Brooklyn in Cyclist Injuries; Bklyn Paper Tries to Puzzle Out Why
    • On UWS, FedEx Trucks Fill No Parking Zone Meant for Access-A-Ride (DNAinfo)
    • Helmet-Cam Shows Dangerous, Hostile Actions By Williamsburg School Bus Drivers (Gothamist)

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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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