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By Brad Aaron

9:00 AM EST on February 3, 2012

Juan Gonzalez: City-Backed Yankee Stadium Parking Garages Headed for Default on Bonds
Pension Warnings Lead Bloomberg Budget Coverage (NYT, DNA, Post, NY1)
Jim Dwyer Validates Kvetching About Bus Lane From Anonymous Albany Official (NYT)
BTW, Where’s the Indignant Commentary on the Taxpayer Fine for Crap Like This? (Post, DNA)
Cyclist Seriously Injured After Colliding With Lane Divider Near Holland Tunnel (DNA)
Four Dead, One Critical in High-Speed One-Car Crash on the Major Deegan (Post)
Hit-and-Run Driver Surrenders to Police After Critically Injuring Brooklyn Pedestrian (News)
Cell-Phone and Wi-Fi Service Expanding to More Subway Stations (WSJ)
Hard to Believe It Was Only Recently That the MTA Stopped Hoarding Data (News, TransNat)
City Considers Width Restrictions for Upper West Side Chain Stores (NYT)
Times Story on Straphangers’ Subway Rat Survey Just Aches for Possum Cameo
How Many Speeding Cop Cars Does It Take to Escort an Ambulance? Gothamist Counts 42

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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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