Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:59 AM EST on December 15, 2011
- Jimmy Vacca Vies With Sean Sweeney to Be Media’s Go-To Anti-Bike Crank (City & State)
- Cuomo Unmoved by Closed-Door “Summit” — No Deal on Livery Cab Bill (NY1, WNYC)
- Pat Foye Says Tolls Are at the Right Level, Talks Up Fast-Tracked Tappan Zee (TransNat)
- Is Marty Markowitz Mounting a Dog-Whistle Campaign to Toll the BQE? (HuffPo)
- Stringer-Commissioned Study Finds Walmart Would Mean Less Fresh Food for Harlem (News)
- Bob Diamond Sues City Over Quashed Red Hook Trolley Project (Bklyn Paper)
- SFPark Hasn’t Influenced Parking Patterns as Much as Anticipated (GGW)
- Comprehensive Read on the History of the Cycle Track From Urban Omnibus
- Ignoring Prosecutors and Victims, Suffolk Judge Frees Repeat-DWI Offender Who Hurt Four (TRD 1, 2)
- New York Is Second-Most Expensive City in U.S. to Buy a Home (Crain’s)
- Robert Moses’ Henry Hudson Bridge Is 75 This Week (News)
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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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