Read the full text of the mayor’s 2012 State of the City speech here.

And if you’re mostly interested in rail we’ve excerpted that section here.

Civil Beat’s Michael Levine was at the speech this morning and attended a press conference given by the mayor. Watch for his full report in a bit.

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