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By Brad Aaron

8:58 AM EDT on March 20, 2012

The New Times Square Is an Economic Powerhouse … (NYT)
… Will SUV-Riding Public Space “Agnostic” Chris Quinn Get Religion? (Elle)
What Do You Know: Cuomo’s Tappan Zee Greenway Was Just a Big Lie (Nyack News)
Transportation Nation Picks Up Chuck Schumer Prospect Park West Sighting
The Times Casts Lakeside Project, Loop Conflict as Signs of Struggling Park
City Pay Phones to Be Replaced by Web Kiosks (Post)
Bloomberg and Sadik-Khan Mark Arrival of Pothole Repair Season (Bloomberg, DNA)
Mourners Endangered by Drivers at Ronald Tillman Ghost Bike Dedication (Gothamist, NY1)
Midwood Collision Sends Bus Onto Sidewalk, Flips Car; 12 Injured (NY1, Post)
Upper East Side Crash Sends Cab Into Park Avenue Doctor’s Office (DNA, Gothamist)
TLC Impound Lot for Unlicensed Taxis Has a Revolving Door (NYT)
The Andrew Cuomo Administration Doesn’t Celebrate Sunshine Week (NY World)

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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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