Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:29 AM EST on February 7, 2012
- House GOP: To Match Gas Tax, New York and Other Cities Need Transit “User Fee” (TransNat, Crain’s)
- Even If Bill Has No Chance, Advocates Say Anti-Transit Extremism Will Come at a Cost (Capital NY)
- Judge Rejects Suit by AAA to Stop Port Authority Toll Increases (Bloomberg)
- John Liu Auditing City Spending From Fund Designated for Bronx Parks (News)
- Manhattan CB 4 Points to Weight Violation to Reduce Megabus Sidewalk Congestion (DNA)
- Environmental Defense Fund: TEAs Issue Average of One Idling Ticket Per Year (CNN)
- DiNapoli Approves Transit Cop Radio Deal With Company Fined by Feds for Bribery (Post)
- Kabak: Cuts in Payroll Tax Should Be Matched by Reductions in Suburban Rail Service
- Bronx ADA Suspected of Having Multiple DWIs Dismissed Was Fired in January (Post)
- East Harlem Pedestrian Struck, Hospitalized; “The Minivan Remained at the Scene” (DNA)
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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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