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8:57 AM EDT on March 13, 2012

    • State Senate Votes to Axe MTA Capital Funds (Daily Politics, 2nd Ave Sagas)
    • Senate Transportation Bill Includes Restoration of Commuter Transit Benefit (TransNat)
    • Related: Bloomberg to Explain to Eric Cantor How Cities Work (TransNat, Capital NY)
    • Report Finds New York World's Most Competitive City (WNYC, Crain's)
    • Curb-Jumping Cabbie Pins Pedestrian to Building in Midtown (Post, DNA)
    • Should Cab Drivers Be Behind the Wheel 70 Hours a Week? (Gotham Gazette)
    • City Close to Deal for Jackson Heights Park Land (News)
    • City Room Has Renderings of the High Line Expansion Into Hudson Yards
    • Developers Propose Pedestrian-Oriented Replacement for South Street Seaport Mall (DNA)
    • Former Staffer Tells How the MTA Opened Up Its Data (NY World)
    • Intriguing Alternative to Killer Garbage Trucks: Trash Tubes (Forbes)
    • Casey Neistat Shows What It Takes to Get Caught Stealing a Bike (NYT)

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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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