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Today’s Headlines

Posted By Stephen Miller On December 18, 2012 @ 8:58 am In Today's Headlines | 3 Comments

  • Cuomo Administration Totally Caves on Thruway Truck Toll Hike [1] (Crain’s [2], CapTon [3], Times Union [4])
  • Thruway OKs TZB Plan; AG and Comptroller Signatures Are Next (LoHud [5], Times Union [6], TransNat [7])
  • History Lesson: Why Is the TZB at the Second-Widest Point of the Hudson River? (NYT [8])
  • Senate Dems Choose Westchester’s Andrea Stewart-Cousins as Their Leader (CapNY [9], Times Union [10])
  • MTA Expects to Run R Train Below East River by Friday (Post [11], WSJ [12], SAS [13], NY1 [14])
  • Hunts Point Market Lease In Limbo, But Truck Traffic Rolls on in South Bronx (NY World [13])
  • CB 1 Committee to Discuss Williamsburg’s George B. Post Plaza [15] on Wednesday (DNA [16])
  • Alta Gets Contract for Portland Bike-Share; Must Find Sponsorship (OPB [17])
  • State Sells Trains Intended for Failed Pataki-Era Rail Project for Scrap (News [18])
  • Adam Sternbergh: Crazy Cuozzo [19] Adds “Several Exciting Innovations” to Anti-Bike Genre (NYT [20])

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill [21]

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[1] Truck Toll Hike: http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/09/12/are-trucks-actually-getting-a-good-deal-on-thruway-tolls/

[2] Crain’s: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20121217/TRANSPORTATION/121219915

[3] CapTon: http://capitaltonightny.ynn.com/2012/12/thruway-authority-says-fiscal-plan-will-avert-toll-hikes/

[4] Times Union: http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/173183/cuomo-no-thruway-toll-hike/

[5] LoHud: http://www.lohud.com/article/20121217/NEWS03/312170096/BREAKING-State-picks-builder-new-Tappan-Zee-Bridge

[6] Times Union: http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/173250/tappan-zee-bridge-contract-is-decided/

[7] TransNat: http://transportationnation.org/2012/12/17/new-york-backing-3-1-billion-plan-to-replace-tappan-zee-bridge/

[8] NYT: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/years-after-its-expiration-date-a-plan-to-rebuild-the-tappan-zee-bridge/

[9] CapNY: http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/12/6903186/moving-sampson-state-senate-democrats-elect-andrea-stewart-cousins

[10] Times Union: http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/173275/andrea-stewart-cousins-elected-democratic-leader/

[11] Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/train_back_to_brooklyn_by_end_of_Vz55whc1bR3uhxacekcGdN

[12] WSJ: http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2012/12/17/subway-repairs-continue-as-r-line-bounces-back/?mod=WSJBlog

[13] SAS: http://secondavenuesagas.com/2012/12/17/r-trains-montague-st-tunnel-expected-back-on-friday/

[14] NY1: http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/174112/mta-hopes-to-restore-all-r-train-service-by-friday

[15] George B. Post Plaza: http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/12/14/monday-help-post-plaza-take-shape-across-the-street-from-peter-luger/

[16] DNA: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121217/williamsburg/public-plaza-proposed-on-broadway-near-bedford-avenue

[17] OPB: http://www.opb.org/news/article/city-council-votes-to-bring-bike-sharing-to-portland/

[18] News: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/state-failed-70m-trains-sell-420g-article-1.1220692?localLinksEnabled=false

[19] Crazy Cuozzo: http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/12/13/help-make-sense-of-crazy-steve-cuozzo/

[20] NYT: http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/14/i-was-a-teenage-cyclist-part-2-the-scourge-of-the-lethal-ghost-riders/

[21] Streetsblog Capitol Hill: http://dc.streetsblog.org/2012/12/18/todays-headlines-877/

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