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8:58 AM EDT on March 29, 2012

    • Chris Quinn Hails Unanimous Vote to Make Life Easier for Parking Scofflaws (NYT, DNA, GoGa)
    • State Transportation Money Carved Up According to Politics, Not Strategic Goals (Capital)
    • Lhota Non-Committal on Gridlock Sam Plan, But Thinks Toll Talk Is Here to Stay (TransNat)
    • Cuomo Milks MTA Debt Deal, Touting Upstate Jobs (Capital)
    • TSTC: Transit-Free Tappan Zee Won't Meet Stated Mobility Criteria (MTR)
    • Josh Thorne, 25, Killed by Two Hit-and-Run Drivers in Crown Heights (News, WABC, NY1)
    • Staten Islanders Propose Safety Fixes for Deadly Howard Avenue (Advance)
    • Daily News Headline Writers Can't Resist Dehumanizing McGuinness Boulevard Victims
    • Tudor City NIMBYs Turn Out to Shout Down Pedestrian Plaza (DNA)
    • CB 5 Committee Votes to Reduce Commercial On-Street Parking Hours (DNA)
    • Give Occupy Wall Street a Little Credit for the Next Fare Hike (Bklyn Paper, News)
    • Irony: When Climate Change Wipes Out Your Subway System (Second Ave Sagas)

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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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