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Noah joined Streetsblog as a New York City reporter at the start of 2010. When he was a kid, he collected subway paraphernalia in a Vignelli-map shoebox.
Before coming to Streetsblog, he blogged at TheCityFix DC and worked as a field organizer for the Obama campaign in Toledo, Ohio. Noah graduated from Yale University, where he wrote his senior thesis on the class politics of transportation reform in New York City. He lives in Morningside Heights.

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Curb-Jumping Motorist Severs Leg of Pedestrian in Midtown

Albany Law Aids UN Land Swap to Help Fill East River Greenway Gap

Eyes on the Street: Chowing Down in Midtown’s Public Spaces

Despite Biased Meeting, CB 6 Committee Endorses DOT Bike Lane Plan

Eyes on the Street: Midtown Pop-Up Café an Instant Attraction

DOT to Extend East Side Bike Lanes to 57th, But Mostly With Shared Lanes

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