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By Brad Aaron

8:59 AM EST on December 12, 2012

Q Poll: Voters Approve of Senate Power-Sharing and Cuomo, Reject Hillary Talk (Post)
If Albany and NYC Were Committed to Transit, There Would Be No Pokey or Schleppie (News)
Post: No One to Blame for MTA Fare Hike, Except MTA Employees
Advocates and Electeds Release Downtown Brooklyn Transportation Report (MTR)
To Keep Trains Dry, Hudson Yards Development Must Account for Climate Change (WNYC)
Officer Struck by Hit-and-Run Livery Driver in Times Square (DNA); News: What a Drag!
Traffic Calming Not Listed Among Bloomberg Admin Public Health Achievements (Post)
Atlantic Avenue Underpass Will Be Transformed Into Public Space (Bklyn Paper)
Community Board 11 Crafts Rezoning Plan for 60 Blocks of East Harlem (DNA)
Monserrate Sentenced to Two Years for Fraud (NYT)
Pedestrians: Impeding Motorists for Over 80 Years (Gothamist)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

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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