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By Noah Kazis

8:59 AM EDT on October 12, 2011

Confirmed: Tappan Zee Replacement Will Keep Highway Widening, Drop Transit (LoHud)
Feds Pushed State to “Streamline” Tappan Zee Plans, Leave Transit For Later (NYT)
MTA Hasn’t Been Invited to Cuomo’s Tappan Zee Meetings For Months (Transpo Nation)
Giuliani Aide Tops Short List For MTA Chief, Five Others Under Consideration (News)
Stats Show Safety Gains From Columbus Ave Bike Lane; Andrew Albert Not Won Over (DNAinfo, Post)
With NYPD Still in Violation of Traffic Data Law, T.A. Maps Traffic Danger on Its Own (News)
Tolls Increase on Upstate Bridges (LoHud)
Staten Island Republicans to Host Forum Attacking MTA Payroll Tax (Advance)
From Port Authority to Gracie Mansion? Supporters Float Chris Ward Trial Balloon (Observer)
Times Transpo Beat: Deciphering Taxi Roof Lights Integral to Real New Yorker Status

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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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