Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:59 AM EDT on August 24, 2011
- Damn Bike Lanes: Quake Jolts NYC, Delays East Coast Travel (NYT, Transpo Nation)
- DOT Removes Fort Hamilton Parkway Pedestrian Islands (Post)
- The Daily News: Keeping Bike Hate Alive, Now With Death Threats
- Airport Shuttles Blamed for Park Avenue Sidewalk Congestion (DNAinfo)
- Cap’n Transit Has Suggestions for Improving Summer Streets
- Post-ARC, No Solid Prospects for Enhanced Cross-Hudson Transit (MTR)
- Ben Kabak Files a Nice Piece on the Lessons of the Tappan Zee
- All-Weather Enclosure Planned for Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 5 (Crain’s)
- Post Columnist Pontificates on the Myth of Big Oil Subsidies
- Obama and Family Take a Ride on Martha’s Vineyard (Transpo Nation)
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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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