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8:56 AM EST on February 22, 2012

    • In East Williamsburg and Greenpoint, Residents Call for Bike-Share Expansion (Bklyn Paper)
    • East River Ferry Ridership Drops by Half in Winter, But Keeps Strong Support (WSJ)
    • Jasmine Herron Killer Found Guilty of Driving With Suspended License (Post)
    • New Jersey Man Arrested for Murdering Ex-Girlfriend With Car (Post, Star-Ledger)
    • Bloomberg's Loyalty to NYPD Stands in Way of Bike-Friendly City (Voice)
    • Transit Access Insufficient at Queens Convention Center Site, Say Experts (NYT)
    • Joe Crowley: House Transpo Bill Would Devastate NY Residents, Workers, Tourists Alike (Hill)
    • Upstate Transit Agencies: House Bill Would Mean Massive Service Cuts (Rochester D-C)
    • Tribeca Cheers Installation of Long-Demanded Traffic Light (DNAinfo)
    • Chelsea Parking Lot Sells for $20.5 Million (Globe St)

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Noah Kazis
Noah joined Streetsblog as a New York City reporter at the start of 2010. When he was a kid, he collected subway paraphernalia in a Vignelli-map shoebox. Before coming to Streetsblog, he blogged at TheCityFix DC and worked as a field organizer for the Obama campaign in Toledo, Ohio. Noah graduated from Yale University, where he wrote his senior thesis on the class politics of transportation reform in New York City. He lives in Morningside Heights.

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