Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:58 AM EDT on November 2, 2012
- Citing Climate Change and Through Gritted Teeth, Bloomberg Endorses Obama (NYT, Ezra Klein)
- Felix Salmon: Major Infrastructure Investment the Best Way to Keep New York Running …
- … and the State Comptroller Doesn’t Know the Cost or Where the Money Might Come From (CapNY)
- The MTA Is Losing $18 Million a Day (News)
- NYS DOT Capital Plan Does Not Recognize Biking and Walking as Transportation (MTR)
- 7 Train Back in Queens; Holland Tunnel to Reopen for Buses; 4/5/F Await Power (DNA, TN)
- The Times Talks to Bike Commuters; No Whining From This Long Islander
- Here’s Why Police Are Being Dispatched to Gas Stations (NYT, DNA 1, 2, News)
- Gas Station Owner to Prospective Customers: Try Biking (WSJ)
- HOV Enforcement Glitches Clog Streets and Irritate Motorists in Inwood (DNA)
- Jim Dwyer Sees Hope in Disagreement Between Bloomberg and Cuomo Over Sea Walls
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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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