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By Brad Aaron

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 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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