Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
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)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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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