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Noah Kazis — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:01:08 +0000

Tappan Zee DEIS Fails to Explain Cost of Transit or How to Fund Bloated Road (MTR)
Quinn State of the City Doesn’t Mention Transportation, Urban Planning (NYT)
Tappan Zee Bidders Are Same Companies With Massive Cost Overruns on Nearby Projects (LoHud)
Andrea Bernstein Explains How House Transpo Bill Would Batter NYC (WNYC)
Port Authority Audit Intended to Allow Governors to “Dismantle an Institution” (Crain’s)
Driver Injures Cyclist at Vanderbilt and Myrtle (Patch)
A Billboard Fell Onto a Highway? Vacca Is on It (News)
Albany Democrats Want Independent Inspector General for NYPD (NYT)
Lizardo Aldana, 89-Year-Old Killed By Driver, Stayed in City to Stay Independent (Post)
Growth of Digital, Creative Firms Helped Make Hudson Square a Bike Neighborhood (DNAinfo)
NYC DOT Wins Plaudits For Embracing Technology (Thirteen)

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Ben Fried — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:59:06 +0000

Ring the Alarm: Devastating House GOP Transit Cuts Could Actually Pass (Transpo Nation)
The Times Slams Boehner’s Transpo Bill
Kimmelman: End the Humiliation of Penn Station Riders; Move MSG to Far West Side (NYT)
Mathieu Lefevre’s Mother to Testify at Council Hearing on NYPD Crash Investigations (Gothamist)
Q Poll: 60% of NYers Want to Keep Alt-Side Parking Stickers of Shame
Two Convention Centers for Queens? Really? (NYT)
Bloomberg Defends Port Authority After Cuomo/Christie Toll Hike-Inspired Audit (DNA)
NYT Well Gives Props to NYC DOT’s Complete Streets Program…
…But Not Without Blowing a Photographic Raspberry (Brooklyn Spoke)
Are New Traffic Signals the Answer to Battery Park City’s Street Safety Problem? (DNA)

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Noah Kazis — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:27 +0000

Delancey Street Improvements Likely to Be Small But Fast (DNAinfo)
Port Authority Audit, Meant to Smear Ex-Director, Finds Big Overruns (Capital NY)
More Slow Zone Applications: Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill, Park Slope (Bklyn Ink)
Driver Hits and Kills 89-Year-Old In Astoria, Tries to Flee Scene (News)
Bay Ridge Pols and Merchants Try Again for Summer Streets (Bklyn Paper)
Advocate Makes Case For Bikes Over Trains on Queens Rockaway Branch (News)
Four Teams Cleared to Bid on Tappan Zee Reconstruction (Record)
Patch: Bring Bike-Share to Forest Hills?
New York Gas Prices Could Top $4 a Gallon This Summer (Post)
The Met Has Big Plans For Its Sidewalks (NYT)

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Brad Aaron — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:29:39 +0000

House GOP: To Match Gas Tax, New York and Other Cities Need Transit “User Fee” (TransNat, Crain’s)
Even If Bill Has No Chance, Advocates Say Anti-Transit Extremism Will Come at a Cost (Capital NY)
Judge Rejects Suit by AAA to Stop Port Authority Toll Increases (Bloomberg)
John Liu Auditing City Spending From Fund Designated for Bronx Parks (News)
Manhattan CB 4 Points to Weight Violation to Reduce Megabus Sidewalk Congestion (DNA)
Environmental Defense Fund: TEAs Issue Average of One Idling Ticket Per Year (CNN)
DiNapoli Approves Transit Cop Radio Deal With Company Fined by Feds for Bribery (Post)
Kabak: Cuts in Payroll Tax Should Be Matched by Reductions in Suburban Rail Service
Bronx ADA Suspected of Having Multiple DWIs Dismissed Was Fired in January (Post)
East Harlem Pedestrian Struck, Hospitalized; “The Minivan Remained at the Scene” (DNA)

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Noah Kazis — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:56:45 +0000

Missing Funding Plan for Tappan Zee Delays Construction Process (WSJ)
DCP May Lift Parking Maximums Near Theater District, Hospitals (NYT)
…While In Brooklyn, Little Parking Minimum Relief May Be Coming (NYT)
Greenwood Heights Residents Propose Their Own 20 MPH Speed Limit (Bklyn Paper)
Long Island Senators Keep Trying to Chip Away at MTA Payroll Tax (WSJ)
Advance: State Shouldn’t Underfund MTA, Then Charge Them For Debt
SUV Driver Hits Car, Curb, Scaffolding (Post)
Rangel, Nadler, Lhota and Sadik-Khan to Speak Out Against GOP Attack on Transit (AMNY)
Nan Hayworth: Transit-Free Tappan Zee as Great as House Transpo Bill (LoHud)
Post Connects Lew Fidler’s Parking Entitlement With Carl Kruger’s Accepting Bribes
Genting Would Only Fund Super-Express A Train to Convention Center (Kabak)
Report Suggests MTA Cut Service For Lower-Ridership Fridays (News)

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Brad Aaron — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:00:10 +0000

Juan Gonzalez: City-Backed Yankee Stadium Parking Garages Headed for Default on Bonds
Pension Warnings Lead Bloomberg Budget Coverage (NYT, DNA, Post, NY1)
Jim Dwyer Validates Kvetching About Bus Lane From Anonymous Albany Official (NYT)
BTW, Where’s the Indignant Commentary on the Taxpayer Fine for Crap Like This? (Post, DNA)
Cyclist Seriously Injured After Colliding With Lane Divider Near Holland Tunnel (DNA)
Four Dead, One Critical in High-Speed One-Car Crash on the Major Deegan (Post)
Hit-and-Run Driver Surrenders to Police After Critically Injuring Brooklyn Pedestrian (News)
Cell-Phone and Wi-Fi Service Expanding to More Subway Stations (WSJ)
Hard to Believe It Was Only Recently That the MTA Stopped Hoarding Data (News, TransNat)
City Considers Width Restrictions for Upper West Side Chain Stores (NYT)
Times Story on Straphangers’ Subway Rat Survey Just Aches for Possum Cameo
How Many Speeding Cop Cars Does It Take to Escort an Ambulance? Gothamist Counts 42

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Brad Aaron — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:59:06 +0000

Bloomberg Budget Proposal: More Cuts to City Services, No New Taxes (DNA, WNYC, NY1, News)
Chris Ward: New York Neglects Declining Infrastructure at Its Own Peril (Capital NY)
TWU Talks Resume (TransNat); Union Wins Time Off for Subway Crews Who Witness Fatalities (Post)
League of American Bicyclists President to Discuss House Transportation Bill With Brian Lehrer
City Council Aspirants Announce Intentions for Jessica Lappin’s Seat (DNA)
Assembly Member Philip Goldfeder Lobbies for Revival of LIRR Rockaway Beach Line (NY1)
Ben Kabak: Bond Fees an Often Overlooked State Scheme That Stiffs Transit Users
Man Killed on Staten Island Expressway Apparently Left There by NYPD (Advance)
Alex Marshall: City’s Pockmarked Streets Hazardous to Cyclists (RPA)
New York Media Again Schooled on Cycling Coverage, This Time in the UK (Dani Simons)
Meanwhile, No Motorist Sob Story Is Too Trivial for the New York Post

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Noah Kazis — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:58:14 +0000

CB 4 Chair: Put Bike-Share Stations on Street, Not Sidewalk (Transpo Nation)
Advocates: Reactivate Rockaway Branch, Create Rego Park Transit Hub (News)
Try to Expand Rail Freight, Get Investigated by the Assembly (NYT)
Crash Videos Don’t Show Lefevre Trying to Pass Truck on Right (NYT)
Drunk Driver Gets Five Years Probation for Killing Six-Year-Old in Queens (Post)
Staten Island Advance Isn’t Content With New Toll Discounts, Wants More (1, 2)
Buffalo and Niagara Falls Riders Rally for Albany to Support Transit (WIVB)
Someone Is Either Stealing Ghost Bikes, Or Pretending To (Gothamist)
Chris Christie Turns Port Authority Into Patronage Machine (Transpo Nation)
NYPD to Expand Presence on Navy Street Overpass (Bklyn Paper)
LeBron to Reporters: “You Guys Drove Here? You Guys Are Crazy” (WSJ)

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Ben Fried — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:59:27 +0000

Nicole Gelinas: Don’t Fall for Cuomo’s Road-Financing Gimmicks (Post)
Putting a Price on Congestion “Saves Everyone Money in the End” (NYT Economix)
Survey: NYers Can Tell Service Has Gotten Worse Since Albany-Induced Transit Cuts (Post, AMNY)
Are Transit Advocates Getting the Right Message Across? (2nd Ave Sagas)
Richard Jackson: “Health Happens in Neighborhoods, Not Doctors’ Offices” (NYT Well)
It’s Time to Start a Body Count for NYC’s Big Box Parking Garage Decks (News, NYT)
James Sanders Begs for More Commuter Rail Subsidies for the Rockaways (News)
MTA Releases Handy Map of Late Night Subway Service (2nd Ave Sagas, NY1)
Sean Sweeney Poses as Pedestrian Advocate (Villager)
Bike-share Station Planning — Get Psyched! (TreeHugger)

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Noah Kazis — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:00:51 +0000

Journal News: Tappan Zee Plan “Shortsighted,” Planning “Superficial”
Staten Island Woman Hit While Crossing Street, Unlikely to Survive (Advance 1, 2)
In Cross-Bronx Crash, Sister Saved Boxer’s Life Before Dying Herself (News)
As Negotiations Continue, MTA Sets Disciplinary Quotas, TWU Threatens Slowdown (Post, News)
“Increase Pedestrian Flow” in SoHo? Sean Sweeney Flips Out (NYT)
Lew Fidler Still Parking on Borough Hall Sidewalk (Post)
Bike-Share Gets a Positive Promo From International Business Times
Bridge Authority Toll Hike Takes Effect Today (Post)
Gelinas: Tolls Not Enough to Pay for Tappan Zee, So What Will? (Torch)
Elevator Crash Gets Citywide Reaction, Traffic Crashes Get Police Obstruction (Drum Major)

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Noah Kazis — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:59:39 +0000

“Most Gerrymandered Lines” in Memory Shortchange Dems, NYC (NY World)
Pedestrian Struck Once, Killed By Second Driver While Waiting For Ambulance (ABC 7)
Hoboken, Jersey City Hope to Have Joint Bike-Share Running This Summer (Jersey Journal)
Transit Use on the Rise in Even the Most Distant Parts of Brooklyn (Bk Bureau)
Lhota Wants to Expand Williamsburg’s Booming L Stations (News)
Queens Electeds Rally For Free Driving on Cross Bay Bridge (Times-Ledger)
Chris Christie Proposes Statewide Smart Growth Plan (WSJ)
Legislators Chafe at Cuomo’s Tight-Lipped Transportation Plans (Times Union)
Riverkeeper: Tappan Zee Plan Hasty Rush Toward Unsustainable Bridge
Atlantic Yards Plan to Reduce Driving Delayed By Months (AYR 1, 2)
“Hasids vs. Hipsters” Spreads From Williamsburg to Crown Heights (News)
Why Did LIRR Cancel Two Trains to Catch One iPhone Thief? (Post)

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Brad Aaron — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:55:46 +0000

MTA May Refinance Debt Billions to Lower Borrowing Rate (Bloomberg)
DNA: James Vacca to Force DOT to Fix Nightmarish Ped Plazas; Also: Sane Coverage From NY1, WNYC
Funeral Services Held for Dashane Santana (DNA, Fox); Support Grows for Safer Delancey (Lo-Down)
David Greenfield Prods NYPD to Ticket Borough Park Drivers Who Pass Stopped School Buses (VIN)
Education Panelist Wants More “Hazard Variances” to Bus Kids on Dangerous Streets (News)
Inwood Drivers Incensed After DOT Carries Out Precinct Request to Daylight Blind Corner (DNA)
Desperate for Respite From Speeders, Rego Park Group Undertakes Onerous Slow Zone App (QChron)
Pedestrian Killed Trying to Cross Staten Island Expressway; No Criminality Suspected (Post)
James Gennaro: Muni-Meter Grace Period Gives Anxious Motorists One Less Stressor (QGazette)
First Central Park East-West Shared Transverse Is Now Open (TransNat)
Upper East Side NIMBYs: Our Block Is Too Special for Subway Station Entrance (NY1)

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Noah Kazis — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:57:21 +0000

PATH Posts Record Ridership After Toll Hikes, Reinvestment (WSJ)
State Says No Environmental Harms in Transit-Free Tappan Zee (Transpo Nation, LoHud)
Without Red Hook Customs Station, More Truck Traffic on Horizon (NYT)
It’s Pay-To-Play on Cuomo Infrastructure Privatization Panel (NYT, WSJ)
Connecticut Eyes Bronx for Reverse Commute Workforce, Metro-North Expansion (News)
Pedestrian Countdown Signals Installed on Queens Boulevard (QCourier)
63-Year-Old Suffers Head Injuries After Driver Hits Her at 14th and 7th (DNAinfo)
MTA Board Members Want Cuomo to Waive $75M Borrowing Fee (News)
Three New Traffic Lights Installed on Kent Avenue (DNAinfo)

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Ben Fried — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:59:43 +0000

Bklyn Paper, Gothamist, City Room, Voice Cover NYPD’s Bungled Investigation of Mathieu Lefevre’s Death
Times Transpo Beat: That Darned Subway Opossum!
VMT Fees? We’ll See What the Supreme Court Has to Say About That… (NYT)
MTA to Roll Out Real-Time Bus Tracking in the Bronx and a Borough-to-Be-Named-Later in 2012 (DNA)
So Far, So Good for MTA’s Experiment in Intensive Overnight Maintenance on Weekdays (NY1)
Ten Hurt in Park Avenue Cab Crash, Seven Injured in Eastern Parkway Wreck on Sunday (DNA 1, 2)
How the Shrinking Transit Tax Benefit Costs Commuters in the NYC Region (MTR)
Bloomberg Handicaps the 2013 Mayoral Race: “Very Hard to See a Republican Coming Along” (Post)
Semi-Truck Driver Rams Highway Overpass, Injures Two Bridge Inspectors (Post)
The Flash Gets Schooled on Induced Demand (Planetizen)

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Ben Fried — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:59:49 +0000

Four Dyker Heights Pedestrians Hospitalized in Two Separate Crashes Yesterday (News)
Drivers Smash Into Each Other at Broadway and 97th, Injuring Pedestrian (DNA)
Advantage for TWU in Contract Negotiations: MTA Can’t Threaten Thousands of Layoffs (NYT)
Now’s Your Chance to Weigh in on the Future of Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue (Patch)
Felix Salmon: 2,000 New Cabs Could Pop the Taxi Medallion Bubble
Christie and Cuomo Team Up to Keep Driving Cheap for Staten Islanders (Post)
MTA Rebuffs Council Member’s Offer to Fund Direct Shuttle Buses While 7 Service Is Out (Post)
Parking Obsessed City Council Tops MTR‘s List of Last Week’s Losers
Cap’n Transit: Make Navy Street a Real Street, Not a Stroad (and Give to Streetsblog)
One More Reason Marty Markowitz Should Stop Parking on Borough Hall Plaza (Post)

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Noah Kazis — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:56:11 +0000

MTA Labor Talks Break Down, Samuelsen Accuses MTA of Negotiating in Press (News, WSJ)
Laurence Renard’s Husband Files Wrongful Death Suit Over UES Crash (Post)
Jackson Heights Merchants to Hold Rally Against 37th Road Pedestrian Plaza (News)
Hastings-On-Hudson Joins Call for Tappan Zee Transit (NYLCV)
News: City Council Needs “The Guts to Tell The Guilty Drivers to Suck It Up” — And The Post Agrees
Bus Service Restored in Bronx’s Country Club Neighborhood, No Cost to MTA (News)
Instead of Planning 13th Birthday, Dashane Santana’s Family Raising Money For Funeral (DNAinfo)
Many Excited About Cuomo Infrastructure Spending, But Still No Funding Plan (LoHud)
Staten Island Drunk Driver Pleads Guilty to Vehicular Homicide (Post)
Chris Ward Heads to Private Sector, Will Be Bidding on Tappan Zee (Observer)
Tri-State Sits Down For Interview With Connecticut DOT Commish Jim Redeker (MTR)
Money Flows to Politicians on Both Sides of Borough Taxi Fight (Post)

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Brad Aaron — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:55:48 +0000

No Shame: City Council Bans Sanitation Stickers, Approves Muni-Meter Grace Period (NYT, GoGa, DNA)
With WTC and Calatrava Dogged by Cost Overruns, Port Authority Keeps Contractor Afloat (WSJ, SAS)
MTA Contract Proposal: Work Rule Changes, Part-Time Bus Drivers in Exchange for TWU Raises (News)
Study Finds More Pollution From Traffic and Buildings Than Second Ave Subway Construction (DNA)
Cuomo Says MTA Is “Working On” New Transit Options for Queens Convention Center (TransNat)
Cross Bay Bridge Drivers to Governor: Mr. Cuomo, Tear Down This Toll Plaza (NY1)
Dani Simons Finds Room for Improvement on Tappan Zee Buses (MTR)
Daily News Welcomes DOT’s Driver-Distracting Parking Sensor Program
Hit-and-Run Suspect Not Charged for Death of 14-Year-Old Davonte Jeffers (News)
Cy Vance Opens Criminal Investigation Into Elevator Death (Post); Killer Drivers, Carry On

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Noah Kazis — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:56:12 +0000

DOT Tests Smart Parking Sensors From Three Companies in Bronx (Post)
With East Side Access Coming, City Eyes Midtown Upzoning (WSJ)
TWU Willing to Take Low Raise, But Not No Raise, in New Contract (News)
Silver to DOT: Delancey Needs Crossing Guards Now and Long-Term Safety Study (DNAinfo)
Traffic Island, Turn Restrictions to Improve Safety at Brooklyn Bridge Park (Post)
Number of Pedestrians Hit While Wearing Headphones, Though Low, Triples (Post)
Wheelchair-Using Doctor Explains Need for Accessible Taxis (News)
Photo: Sheepshead Bay Cyclist Hit by Driver (Sheepshead Bites)
Three Injured as Garbage Truck Crashes Into Empty Storefront (NY1)

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Ben Fried — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:00:17 +0000

MTA Makes Five-Year Contract Offer to TWU (NY1)
TWU Wants Wage Increases Pegged to Inflation, Hints at Slowdowns (WSJ)
57% of NYers Oppose Cuomo’s Controversial Plan for Aqueduct Convention Center (NYT)
Queens Convention Center Plan Brings Greenway-vs.-Railway Debate to the Forefront (QChron)
DOT Seeking Speed Cam Legislation to Help Bring Down Traffic Deaths in Queens (TimesLedger)
Schumer Throwing His Weight Behind Albany-Buffalo HSR (AP)
How About an At-Grade Crosswalk Instead of a Ped Bridge With Fencing Over Navy Street? (Bklyn Paper)
Lew Fidler Likely Leaving City Council for Green Pastures of Kruger’s State Senate Seat (News)
Questions to Ask the Next Time You Hear Someone Suggest Licensing Cyclists (Bklyn Spoke)

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Ben Fried — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:57:13 +0000

Delancey Claims Another Life: Driver Kills 12-Year-Old Dashane Santana (Gothamist, Post)
Squadron, Stringer, Chin: City Must Do More to Prevent Next Delancey Street Death (Gothamist, DNA)
SUV Driver Crashes, Flips Onto Sidewalk on Linden Boulevard (News)
Meanwhile, the Post Hails NYPD for Ticketing “Crazy Cyclists”
TWU Now Working Without a Contract; Samuelsen Trains Fire on Cuomo (News, NY1)
MTR: Bloomberg Was a Champ Last Week; Joan McDonald a Chump
Markowitz Aide Carlo Scissura Has a Record-Setting War Chest for 2013 Beep Bid (Post)
The Times Asks: Will Expanding Waistlines Ruin Transit?
Billboard Bedlam! Ad Edifice Collapses Onto BQE, Causing Massive Traffic Jam (DNA, News, Gothamist)
NYPD Too Ineffective to Stop Illegal Parking on Baltic Street Sidewalk (Bklyn Spoke)

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