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8:59 AM EST on January 12, 2012

    • Bloomberg to Deliver State of the City Address Today (Bloomberg, News, NYT)
    • More Coverage of Staten Island Real-Time Bus Tracking From Crain's, NYT, NY1, WNYC
    • Governor Cuomo Has Spoken With Joe Lhota Two Times Since November (NYT)
    • City Council Members Want to Curtail Towing for Illegal Parking and Unpaid Tickets (DNA)
    • Witness Says First Driver to Hit Leopoldo Hernandez "Came Out of Nowhere" (NY1, News, DNA)
    • Manhattan CB 6 Transpo Committee Endorses Speed Camera Program (DNA)
    • Stuy Town Intersection Where Jayson Williams Hit Tree Gets Traffic Light, Pedestrian Signals (DNA)
    • Muni-Meter Rollout to Cover All of Queens by June (News)
    • No Big Boxes, Please: Bloomberg Revives Kingsbridge Armory Development Push (Crain's, NY1, Post)
    • Damn Bike Lanes (Gothamist)

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Brad Aaron
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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